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Curriculum for Excellence N3 N4 and N5 Popular Music Styles.

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1 Curriculum for Excellence N3 N4 and N5 Popular Music Styles

2 Aims of the Unit To become familiar with Popular music styles. To successfully identify all National 3 level vocal concepts.

3 Some advice…. Try to revise the concepts as you are working your way through this unit. Don’t leave it all until the last minute! Keep your work up to date! Now, on to the Listening Listen to a wide range of music and try to identify the concepts you hear. Remember, you will come across popular music style concepts in just about all music.

4 N3 Popular Music Styles Concepts Question Answer Blues Jazz Improvisation Latin American music Pop Rock Round Ascending Descending Repetition Ostinato Riff Rock 'n' roll

5 Question - An opening phrase which is often followed by an 'answer'. Question and answer phrases tend to be of equal length and similar style. Answer - A short musical phrase that follows on from a 'question' phrase. The phrases are usually the same length and often have similar note values. N3 Popular Music Styles

6 Blues - Blues started as Black American folk music, developing from spirituals and work songs. Blues music is often in 4/4 time and is mostly patterned on a 12-bar structure (although 8 and 16 bars are also found) and on a scale where some notes are flattened. Due to its origins in slavery, blues music tends to have a sadness to it. N3 Popular Music Styles

7 Jazz - At first this was music created by black Americans in the early 20th century. Features of the music may include syncopation and improvisation A jazz group playing jazz - Herbie Hancock - Jazz Fusion Canteloupe IslandHerbie Hancock - Jazz Fusion Canteloupe Island N3 Popular Music Styles

8 Improvisation - The performer makes up music during the actual performance. They don’t have the melody written down to help, although there may be suggested chords as a guide. Improvisation is an important feature of jazz and popular music. The clarinet can be heard improvising in this dixieland piece - Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger RagOriginal Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger Rag N3 Popular Music Styles

9 Latin American music - Dance music from South America. Percussion instruments provide lively off-beat dance rhythms An example of Latin American music - Aqui and Ajazz, Spyro Gyra 'South American Sojourn' liveAqui and Ajazz, Spyro Gyra 'South American Sojourn' live N3 Popular Music Styles

10 Pop - A style of popular music played by a group of musicians. Hear some pop music here: Beyonce performing ‘Love on Top’ Love on Top N3 Popular Music Styles Concepts

11 Rock - A style of popular music with a heavy, driving beat. Usually features electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit. Listen to a collection of great rock songs - Top 50 greatest rock songs of all timeTop 50 greatest rock songs of all time N3 Popular Music Styles Concepts

12 Rock 'n' roll - 1950s American music which grew from the combined styles of jazz, blues, gospel and country. Rock 'n' roll music featured throughout the hit film Grease – watch an excerpt from the film: Born to Hand-JiveBorn to Hand-Jive This video summarises key elements of the music whilst playing a medley of rock 'n' roll excerpts in the background: Tuxford Academy - rock 'n' roll N3 Popular Music Styles Concepts

13 Repetition - An exact repeat of a musical idea. N3 Popular Music Styles

14 There is repetition in this piece – compare the first two lines N3 Popular Music Styles

15 Round - Each part sings or plays the same melody, entering one after the other. When they reach the end they start again, eg Frere Jacques. N3 Popular Music Styles

16 Ascending - Ascending notes rise in pitch. This example shows notes ascending mainly by leap. N3 Popular Music Styles

17 Descending - Descending notes fall in pitch N3 Popular Music Styles

18 OstinatoOstinato - A short musical pattern repeated many times YouTube: St Paul's Suite by Gustav Holst –See and hear the ostinato in the 2nd violin part N3 Popular Music Styles

19 RiffRiff - A repeated phrase usually found in jazz and popular music. This illustration shows the guitar riff for a song by The Kinks called 'You Really Got Me'. Notice the repeat marks at the start and end of the bar.'You Really Got Me'. Hear a famous riff played here. YouTube: Smoke on the water N3 Popular Music Styles

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