This document discusses different musical styles, including reggae, soul music, jazz funk, impressionist, 60s pop, punk, Scottish/Celtic rock, country, world music, and musique concrete/electroacoustic. For each style, it provides information on origins, musical features, and technical features that characterize the style. The purpose is to help the reader understand the defining aspects of various musical genres.
3. Success criteria: I can tell what
is the style of the music I hear
Learning intentions: I can understand the features
of the different music styles
MUSICAL
STYLES
STARTER
2) Motown
1) Jamaican music
3) Gospel, blues, country music
a) Reggae
a) Soul
Match the concepts related with the musicals
styles:
5. Success criteria: I can tell what
is the style of the music I hear
Learning intentions: I can understand the features
of the different music styles
MUSICAL
STYLES
STARTER
2) Motown
1) Jamaican music
3) Gospel, blues, country music
a) Reggae
a) Soul
Match the concepts related with the musicals
styles:
6. Success criteria: I can tell what
is the style of the music I hear
Learning intentions: I can understand the features
of the different music styles
MUSICAL
STYLES
We say that a piece of music belongs to a
musical style when it features some
characteristics
REGGAE
Jamaican music, late 1960s
Musical feature
Off-beat rhythms
Staccato chords
Tech feature
Bass guitar
EQ bass boost
The boundaries between some styles are blurred sometimes
some features are SHARED by more than one style. Also we
may find characteristics of MORE THAN ONE style in the music
we hear.
7. Success criteria: I can tell what
is the style of the music I hear
Learning intentions: I can understand the features
of the different music styles
MUSICAL
STYLES
We say that a piece of music belongs to a
musical style when it features some
characteristics
SOUL
MUSIC
Combo: gospel, blues, country
1960s. Motown/African-American music
Musical feature
Riff. Ostinato
Harmony vocals
Tech feature
Electric Bass
Reverb
REGGAE
Jamaican music, late 1960s
Musical feature
Off-beat rhythms
Staccato chords
Tech feature
Bass guitar
EQ bass boost
9. Success criteria: I can tell what
is the style of the music I hear
Learning intentions: I can understand the features
of the different music styles
MUSICAL
STYLES
We say that a piece of music belongs to a
musical style when it features some
characteristics
JAZZ
FUNK
Sub-genre of Jazz Music (70s cop show)
Musical feature
Riff
Strong rhythmic groove
Improvised solo
Tech feature
Amplified instrument
Electric guitar
Synthesizer
10. Success criteria: I can tell what
is the style of the music I hear
Learning intentions: I can understand the features
of the different music styles
MUSICAL
STYLES
We say that a piece of music belongs to a
musical style when it features some
characteristics
IMPRESSIONIST
Dreamy Orchestral music
Musical feature
Whole tone scale
Atonal
Tech feature
None
11. Listening 1: Jazz Funk, Reggae or Impressionist?
Listening 2: Jazz Funk, Reggae or Impressionist?
Listening 3: Jazz Funk, Reggae or Impressionist?
Listening 4: Jazz Funk, Reggae or Impressionist?
Listening 5: Jazz Funk, Reggae or Impressionist?
Listening 6: Sould or Impressionist?
Listening 7: Sould or Impressionist?
13. Success criteria: I can tell what
is the style of the music I hear
Learning intentions: I can understand the features
of the different music styles
MUSICAL
STYLES
We say that a piece of music belongs to a
musical style when it features some
characteristics
60s POP
Cheesy riff based pop
Beatles, Monkees, Lulu, etc
Musical feature
Riff
Ostinato
Tech feature
Electric guitar
Organ
14. Success criteria: I can tell what
is the style of the music I hear
Learning intentions: I can understand the features
of the different music styles
MUSICAL
STYLES
We say that a piece of music belongs to a
musical style when it features some
characteristics
PUNK
Crude riff based rock music, usually fast
Loud and energetic. 1970s
Musical feature
Riff
Ostinato
Tech feature
Electric guitar
Distortion
16. Success criteria: I can tell what
is the style of the music I hear
Learning intentions: I can understand the features
of the different music styles
MUSICAL
STYLES
We say that a piece of music belongs to a
musical style when it features some
characteristics
Scottish
/Celtic
Rock
Songs featuring traditional Scottish
instruments and rock instruments
Musical feature
Pentatonic Scale
Tech feature
Electric guitar
Distortion
17. Success criteria: I can tell what
is the style of the music I hear
Learning intentions: I can understand the features
of the different music styles
MUSICAL
STYLES
We say that a piece of music belongs to a
musical style when it features some
characteristics
Country
Songs from the wild West!
Songs usually about heartbreak. 1920s
Musical feature
Riff
Ostinato
Tech feature
Slide Guitar
19. Success criteria: I can tell what
is the style of the music I hear
Learning intentions: I can understand the features
of the different music styles
MUSICAL
STYLES
We say that a piece of music belongs to a
musical style when it features some
characteristics
World
Music
Many different styles of music from
around the world: folk, ethnic, traditional
or indigenous
Musical feature
Rhythmic
Instruments used
Tech feature
Live recording
20. Success criteria: I can tell what
is the style of the music I hear
Learning intentions: I can understand the features
of the different music styles
MUSICAL
STYLES
We say that a piece of music belongs to a
musical style when it features some
characteristics
Musique concrete/
electroacoustic
Recorded natural sounds,
transformed using editing
techniques.
Array of very strange noises
Musical feature
Atonal
Tech feature
Edited tape
samples.
Delay