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MUSIC APPRECIATION

MUSIC APPRECIATION. MUSIC IN OUR CULTURE. WHAT IS CULTURE?. Culture is the customs, ideas, tastes and beliefs acquired through a person’s background Culture is the sum total of one’s lifestyle Culture can be expressed many ways Clothing Food Speech Arts. MUSICAL STYLES.

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MUSIC APPRECIATION

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  1. MUSIC APPRECIATION MUSIC IN OUR CULTURE

  2. WHAT IS CULTURE? • Culture is the customs, ideas, tastes and beliefs acquired through a person’s background • Culture is the sum total of one’s lifestyle • Culture can be expressed many ways • Clothing • Food • Speech • Arts

  3. MUSICAL STYLES • The kinds of music you like reveal something about who you are • As humans, we can like more than one type of music • Music style refers to • The distinct manner or character of musical expression

  4. MUSICAL STYLE MATCHING • Direction – Number your paper from one to twenty and match the music with its style. Write the letter and the name on your paper. • American folk song k. Heavy Metal (rock) • Native American l. Hymn • Baroque m. March • Big Band (swing) n. Mariachi (Mexican) • Bluegrass o. Minimalist (20th Century) • Blues p. Musical Theater (Broadway) • Classical (period) q. Ragtime • Country and Western r. Rap • Dixieland s. Renaissance (period) • Gospel t. Romantic (period)

  5. JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC • Jazz • African American invention • Developed around New Orleans late 1800s • Improvised • Simple, heartfelt music • Intended for small audiences and dancing • Small instrument ensemble – piano, winds, drums, bass • Famous musicians • Louis Armstrong • Joseph “King” Oliver • Classical • European music from 1750 – 1820 • Simple, clear melodies • Harmonic background • Homophonic music • Dramatic changes in loud/soft, high/low, fast/slow • Symphony orchestra – strings, woodwind, brass • Concerto – work in three sections (movements) for solo instrument and orchestra

  6. COMPARE MUSICAL STYLES • Directions : Listen to the two musical selections, one from classical and the other from jazz. Write the similarities and differences you hear on a sheet of paper. • Classical – Allegro movement from Concerto in D Major for Trumpet and Orchestra by Michael Haydn • Jazz – “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” by Cole Porter (performed by Ella Fitzgerald)

  7. PERCEPTIVE LISTENING • The ability to hear musical characteristics and to describe them in words • 1. Determine the means (sources of the sound, size of the group) • 2. Describe the musical expression (rhythm, melody, mood) • 3. Determine the order of the piece (amount of repetition and contrast) • 4. Determine the possible origin (where, when and by whom the music was created) • 5. Characterize the use of this music (its function or purpose and intended audience)

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