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YOU, ME, MUSIC, CULTURE, & THE SOUNDTRACK OF YOUR LIFE.

YOU, ME, MUSIC, CULTURE, & THE SOUNDTRACK OF YOUR LIFE. What do you know?. Write down what you know about pop music. Where does it come from? Why is it such an influential medium? How is it structured? What else? What do you want to know about it?. WHAT WE’LL STUDY. POP MUSIC

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YOU, ME, MUSIC, CULTURE, & THE SOUNDTRACK OF YOUR LIFE.

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  1. YOU, ME, MUSIC, CULTURE, & THE SOUNDTRACK OF YOUR LIFE.

  2. What do you know? Write down what you know about pop music. Where does it come from? Why is it such an influential medium? How is it structured? What else? What do you want to know about it?

  3. WHAT WE’LL STUDY POP MUSIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE MUSIC AS CULTURAL ARTIFACT MUSIC AS SYMBOLISM SELF-CONCEPT YOU

  4. WHAT & WHY RHYTHM AND BEAT TEMPO MELODYAND HARMONY CHORD FORM AND ARRANGEMENT HOOK + CHORUS TIMBRE AND TONE SONGWRITING CONCEPTS

  5. RHYTHM THE MOVEMENT OF A PIECE RHYTHMIC-ORGANIZED-NOISE TEMPO: THE SPEED AT WHICH A PIECE IS PLAYED BPM: BEATS PER MINUTE

  6. RHYTHM EXAMPLES: “not for you’- pearl jam 4/4 time “I Put A spell on you”—screamin’ jay hawkins ¾ time

  7. RHYTHM “suzanne”-weezer 6/8 time “girl from ipanema”-joaogilberto 4/4 time, samba, bossa nova rhythm

  8. Tempo “wilhelm scream”-jamesblake “stayin’ alive”-bee-gees “fast as you can”-fiona apple

  9. reflect What is the effect of certain tempos on you as the listener? What do you gravitate towards right now? Why?

  10. Review What is rhythm? “common time?” What is tempo? which tempos do you gravitate towards right now? This year?

  11. melody Sequence of notes played repeatedly in a song Has “pleasing” quality to ears not necessarily “happy” sounding though

  12. Melody: examples “twinkle Twinkle little star” “Somewhere over the rainbow”-iz “Dancing queen”-abba

  13. RHYTHM as melody: minimalism “floe”-philip glass “6 pianos” -stevereich “come out”-stevereich NOTE: expectation of “melody/harmony first” has been reversed rhythm is emphasized first!

  14. harmony The combination of simultaneously sounded notes produce chord progressions have pleasing effect

  15. harmony: examples “nowhere man”-beatles “sound of silence”-simon and garfunkle “something is wrong with my baby”-sam and dave “god only knows”-beach boys

  16. harmony: examples “god only knows”-beach boys “makin’ whoopee”-gerry mulligan NOTE: no piano chords suggested by harmony of horns

  17. Websites to check out Pitchfork egotripland Aquarium drunkard Gorilla vs. bear The quietus One week one band

  18. chords A group of notes played simultaneously usually 3 or more notes Major vs. minor chords Major-to-minor video

  19. Arrangement + structure Common sections of songs: verse-“a section” chorus-”b section” bridge-”c section” Video: what’s a verse, chorus, verse?

  20. Arrangement + structure Typical song structure: verse-chorus-verse-chorus- bridge-chorus or: ababcb

  21. Arrangement + structure Typical song structure: “Wrecking ball”-mylie Cyrus “can’t buy me love”-beatles

  22. Hook (chorus) Hook: the part of the song you can’t get out of your head Hook is often based on a concept Linguistic Cultural reference saying/phrase/etc.

  23. Hook (chorus) Examples: “ABC”-jackson 5 “Stop in the name of love”-the supremes “eight days a week”-the beatles

  24. Licks vs. Riffs Riff: repeated* instrumental line in a song Lick: fragment of solo or riff, not repeated

  25. Licks vs. Riffs Riff example: “smoke on the water”- deep purple Lick example: “Red house” – jimihendrix

  26. Timbre & Tone Timbre: character of a musical sound Tone: pitch, quality, strength of note

  27. Examples “Coldest winter”-kanye west “All is fair in love and brostep”-skrillex BONUS: “On sight”-kanyewest “pink moon”-nick drake “raining blood”-slayer

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