A small powerpoint presentation that contains some youtube videos to show different styles of cover music

1. A Brief Lesson on Music
By: Matthew

2. What is music?
• Music is a style of art that uses our sense of
hearing to appreciate and critique its
elements of rhythm, melody, and harmony

3. IMPORTANT!!!
• Please rememeber that music can be
interpreted in different ways. What one may
find annoying, another may consider it gold.
Please respect everyone’s opinions about their
musical choices!!!

4. Musical Genres

5. A Brief History of Music
• Music has evolved throughout time, evolving
to suit the new generation and new ideas that
appeared.
• http://youtu.be/lExW80sXsHs

6. Instrument Families
• Woodwinds
• Brass
• Percussion
• Strings

7. • USA = Blues, Jazz, Soul, R&B, Country, Hip
Hop, Rock
• Europe = Classical
• Asia = oriental, J-Pop, J-Rock,
• South America = Latino, Salsa, Reggae
Country origins of certain Genres

8. Unique Genres
• Cover album = a performance or recording of
a contemporary or previously recorded,
commercially released song, usually done by
someone other than the original artist
• Four unique sub-categories = regular cover,
instrumental, acoustic, and acapella

9. Regular Cover
• Shows like Glee, the Voice, and American Idol are great
examples of shows that do cover albums because the people
on them sing songs that aren’t originally their own. Minor
changes can be made to suit the singer, but usually none are
made
• Original Forget You by Celo Green
• http://youtu.be/7MRC8wNSpq4
• Cover version
• http://youtu.be/yIZm62F0pZM

10. Instrumental
• The song is played without any vocal
accompaniment
• Original Yakety Yak
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-2eXjx-
h0&feature=share&list=TLoCy0r3FIpECno_GF-
2fNYmTBcmaov6xK
• Instrumental cover
• http://youtu.be/gFq_Ix0ecJI

11. Acoustic Cover
• An acoustic cover means the song is played
without any electronical instruments,
sometimes completely changing how the song
sounds
• Original Gangnam Style
• http://youtu.be/BCp7F8Q1bSk
• Acoustic Version
• http://youtu.be/9juI1ecKxxQ

12. Acapella Covers
• Acapella covers are when people only use
their voices to sing and make instrument
noises, and is usually done in large groups
• Original Somebody that I Used to Know
• http://youtu.be/DqRC5tquyU0
• Cover
• http://youtu.be/hOKuAigsrec

13. Final Slide
• This was just a brief look at music. We could
spend hours more, but this was only an
introduction. Now that you’ve learned a little,
it’s time to go out to explore and make your
own judgement about the music around you