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POPULAR MUSIC
Remember...
– Cultured Music is written, theorical, it requires years of
study to be performed, is led to an specific public...
On the contrary...
– Popular Music: is aimed at all audiences, has a comercial
purpose, musicians are often not professionals, is not
written...
we distinguish two
types of popular
music....
Depending on the
FUNCTION of the
music,
1) Traditional/Folkloric Music
● It has a SOCIAL function, because is
performed at the important events in
the community. – 'Canciones de trabajo'
● Panaderas de Zamora
● Canciones de la mina
– 'Canciones de juego'
● Al corro de la patata
– 'Canciones de cortejo'
– Etc.
● It has a COMMERCIAL function,
because it is made to be consumed
for a public.
1) Urban music
Other differences between
Traditional Music and Urban Music
are...
Traditional
Urban
The author is unknown, Written and sung
is performed by amateur by 'professional
musicians‘ musicians.
Is spread mouth by mouth Is spread by the
media
TRADITIONAL /
FOLKLORIC
MUSIC
Ethimology
The word FOLKLORE comes from the english
words:
– Folk: people (pueblo)
– Lore: knowledge (conocimiento)
– *This word appears in the XIXth century, when
the interest for the popular traditions appears.
Ethnomusicology
● Musicology: Science that studies the
music
– Ethnomusicology: Part of the
musicology dedicated to the traditional
music
Thus, every country has its
own folklore, but we are
going to study the Spanish
Folklore.
Traditional music in Spain is huge.
We have lots of musical forms...
– extended through the whole country,
ROMANCE
JOTA
– and others typical from each community.
Muñeira (Galicia)
Sardana (Cataluña)
Danza Prima (Asturias)
Seguidillas Sevillanas
Etc...
ROMANCE
Lyric: Narrative song telling historic
episodes, love stories or social events.
Romance del Conde Olinos
Music: Strophic song, that repeats an only
Theme (melody).
JOTA
● Although the most famous jotas are from Aragón y
Navarra, we can find many kinds of jotas in all
the regions.
● 'Jota' comes from 'Xotar' (saltar)
The Jota is a song to dance in a ternary rhythm with instrumental accompainment, usually performed in a fast tempo.
● Acitivity 1:
Ask your parents, grandparents, neighbours... about traditional songs.
-1º)Prepair a small questionary:
- About the interviewed: name, age, profession
- About the song: title, how did he/she know about it, function and way to sing it (with dance, with instruments...)
-2º)Ask the person to sing the song and record it
-3º)Select three recordings and make an exposition to your class.
Folkloric Instruments
Many instruments come from other cultures
and are then accepted in the cultured music:
– Guitar, Lute, Rabel... come from the arabic music.
Sometimes, the people take the objects from
the cotidian life:
– Pan, bottles, mortero...
We can see some of these instruments in the
'tuna' (click on the picture)
● Activity 2:
● Make a work, in pairs, with pictures and music
about the folklore from one part of Spain,
including information about the music, dances,
instruments, main festivities and typical
dresses.
Urban Music
In the Xxth century, two big musical movements
will change the music tradition:
● Jazz, in the 1st half of the century
● Rock, in the 2nd half.
Both originated from the BLUES
BLUES
Is a melancholic character style of Song ('blue' means sad).
It originated from the
union of black slaves songs
from the Mississippi...
...and the european
harmonic tradition
*Watch the beginning of Feel Like Going Home, by Scorsese
The Blues has a 12 bar structure (with the basic
chords on I,IV and V) that will be the base for
Rock & Roll.
JAZZ
Is an style based on the improvisation.
Is influenced by the syncopated rhythms of the ragtime and uses the militar bands wind
instruments.
*A short documentary about the Jazz origins
Rock & Roll
It originated from the mix of Blues, Country,
Electric guitar and Drums.
It appeared in 1954 withthe song Rock around the clock.
Elvis Chuck Berry Jerry
Lee Lewis
*One of the best movies about rock is Great Balls of Fire
Soul Is the black vocal music
Aretha Franklin
Ray Charles
Other movies:
● Cadillac Records
● The Supremes
FOLK
The american folk comes from the Blues and
often uses the harmonic and the guitar.
One type of american folk is the Country, that has
irish influence.
POP
Melodic lines from Folk
+
Electric guitar from Rock
ROCK
Critical lyrics
+
Distorted guitars
Other styles born from Pop, Rock
and technologies are
Heavy Metal Punk
*Heavy metal develops in many styles
* Punk presents very critical lyrics and a very simple melodies and
harmonies, with fast rhythms.
Grunge Hip hop
*Kurt Cobain, from Nirvana, became an icon for his generation.
*Hip Hop is not only a music, is an urban style (rap, breakdance, graffiti)
Electronic Music
The appearance of the synthesizers, the beat
boxes and the samplings from funk songs
resulted in several styles like electro-funk and
techno.
One of the first groups were Kraftwerk and Afrika Bambata
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