History of Music - (9) ROCK.pdf - History of American Music...

Music
speaks what can’t be expressed
,
Soothes the mind and gives it rest,
Heals the heart & makes it whole,
Flows from heaven to the soul
- unknown
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Five pre - 20
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on later American music genres:
• African Oral Tradition
• Negro Spirituals
• Christian Hymns
• European classical music
• Various folk music traditions
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Negro
Spirituals
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African
Oral
Tradition
Christian
Hymns
European
Classical
Music
Folk
Traditi
on

1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Ragtime
(early 1900s)
Gospel
(early 1900s)
Swing
(late ‘20s)
Jazz
(early ‘20s)
R&B
(mid ‘40s)
Soul
(early ‘50s)
Funk
(mid ‘60s)
Regga
e
(late ‘60s)
Hip
Hop
(mid ‘70s)
Metal*
(early ‘80s)
Negro
Spirituals
Blues
(early ‘10s)
Pop
(early ‘40s)
Rock
(mid ‘50s)
Alternati
ve
(mid ‘70s)
Disco
(early ‘70s)
Countr
y
(mid ‘20s)
Rock
n’ Roll
(late ‘40s)
Bluegras
s
(mid ‘40s)
Rap
(early ‘80s)
Folk
(early ‘30s)
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African
Oral
Tradition
Christian
Hymns
European
Classical
Music
Folk
Traditi
on
* Metal was predominantly from the U.K.

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Important note on the “Rock and Roll” and “Rock” resources…
Rock & Roll was just too influential in the history of American music to
limit to a single lesson, so I split it into two.
The “ Rock & Roll ” resource focuses on the advent of Rock & Roll in the
1950s when music became more about the performance than the
recording (e.g. Elvis shaking his hips, Chuck Berry working the guitar,
Jerry Lee Lewis abusing the piano, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, etc.).
The “ Rock ” resource covers what many of us now refer to as "classic
rock", focusing more on the 1960s with artists like the Beatles, Zepplin,
the Stones, Clapton, Hendrix, Joplin, the Doors, etc.).

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Ragtime