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8B MUSIC NOTES FOR 20TH CENTURY POPULAR
PEOPLE JOURNAL NOTES for MUSIC TRIMESTER 3
1. SCOTT JOPLIN:
1.“King of Ragtime”
2. He wrote “Rags” for piano in the early 1900’s.
Most famous songs: “The Entertainer” and
“Maple Leaf Rag”
3. Ragtime music popular in the early 1900’s and
4. Joplin’s songs became popular again in the 1970’s
through today.
2. LOUIS ARMSTRONG:
1.Satchmo was his nickname
2. He played the trumpet
3. He was born in New Orleans
4. He moved to Chicago, and then New York.
5. He broke the color barrier in the music world.
6. He is the “KING OF JAZZ”
7. He was a popular jazz performer for over 50
years
8. SCAT-SINGER: could make his voice sound
like an instrument.
9. He could improvise melodies.
3. March King…writing over 100 American marches for
Concert and Marching Band
1. Sousaphone was named after John Phillip Sousa.
2. Form of music:
3. Can you figure out the Form Sousa used by
listening to the Stars and Stripes Forever…his
most famous march! Do you recognize it?
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Intro--A-A…B-B…C- D- C (2 piccolos)-D-C
Stars and Stripes Forever (1901)
The Entertainer (1902)
School Days (1907)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1908)
KNOW JAZZ TERMS
IMPROVIZATION: MAKING UP A MELODY DURING A
PERFORMANCE, based on the CHORD PROGRESSION
of the song.
SCAT-SINGING: Making your voice sound like an instrument.
SYNCOPATION: the accenting of the
WEAK beat 1- 2
3 4
or
OFF beat
1+ 2 + 3 +4+
4. FATHER OF THE BLUES: W.C. Handy: He
wrote the St. Louis Blues and collected a lot of
Blues melodies that he then arranged for printing
the music. Many people thought he wrote the music
and put his name on the song as the composer.
Recently, history has corrected books to call him
the ARRANGER.
5. THE ORIGINAL DIXIELAND BAND: JACK
TEAGARDEN and OTHER WHITE NEW
ORLEANS MUSICIAN…First to record
DIXIELAND JAZZ, and toured AMERICA to
make the DIXIELAND STYLE of playing popular.
All improvised, not written down,
Basic jazz combo: One instrument to a part
Trumpet and Clarinet play the melody
The guitar, banjo keep the chord progression
The Double bass and Trombone keeps the root
of the chord
And the Drums keep the beat or rhythm
12 Bar BLUES Progression based on THREE chords
THE I (DO) CHORD is based on DO and built in the interval
of a third, fifth, seventh, etc.
Do-Mi-SO-(flat ti) Key of C: C-E-G
The IV (Fa) CHORD is based on FA. The IV chord built in
thirds…..
Fa- LA- DO Key of C:
F-A-C
The V(7) (5) CHORD is based on SO. The V chord is built in
thirds SO- TI- RE-fA Key of C: G-B-D-F
“ 12 bar blues” progression for any key
Measures 1-4
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I
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I
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Measures 5-8
IV
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IV
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I
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Measures 9-12
V7
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IV
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I
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I7
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I
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I
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In your journal…write the progression in the KEY OF C
4C / / / C / / / C / /
4
F / / / F / / / C / /
/ C7 (Bb) / /
/
/ C / / /
G7 / / / F / /
/ C / /
/
C / /
/
SWING ERA 1930-50’s
Benny Goodman: King of Swing He played CLARINET
Glenn Miller He played TROMBONE Died In WWII
Duke Ellington: He played PIANO in NY
Early Jazz singers/musicians
Ma Rainey: Early Blues Singer….wrote many blues songs and
Billie Holiday: Singer in the 1920’s, 30’s. and 40’s
Famous blues singer from New Orleans who became a
pop singer in the early big band era
Song to remember: God Save the Child
W.C. Handy: Father of the Blues. He wrote St. Louis Blues
And arranged and wrote down blues songs to publish.
recorded music
WORLD WAR II
Irving Berlin: He wrote this song and it was sung by Kate Smith
A composer on Broadway during the 30’s and 40’s.
Remembered for “ White Christmas” and GOD BLESS
AMERICA in 1938.
BIG BAND LEADERS: The popular song style was “SWING”
Orchestrations:
4-5 Trumpets….4-5 Saxs/Clarinets….4-5 Trombones….
A Rhythm Section: Double Bass, Drummer, piano player,
Singer out front,
BIG BAND LEADER: SOLO on instrument
Benny Goodman (Clarinet): “THE KING OF SWING”
Benny Played clarinet and integrated his band with black
musicians in the early 30’s through the 50’s.
Gene Krupa: Famous Drummer in Benny’s Band
Song to remember: “Sing, Sing, Sing”
Glenn Miller: Popular bandleader of the 1930-1944. He died
tragically during World War II while entertaining the troops
overseas. He played trombone and arranged music with a whole
“new sound” for jazz bands. Song to remember: “In the
Mood”. His band is still touring America.
Early Hollywood actresses that sang…and danced!
Shirley Temple: child actress in Hollywood in the 19201940’s. She lifted the spirits of “movie-goers” and throughout
the world with her songs “ On the Good Ship Lollipop” and
worked with “Mr. Bojangles, Lionel Barrymore and many big a
stars of the early movie screen. She was also pen-pals with
Amelia Eierhart, the famous pilot.
How would you like to have grown up like Shirley Temple?
4/29/10
Judy Garland: child star of the movies during the 30’s 40’s
and 50’s. She stared in Wizard of Oz, Meet me in St. Louis
and many other MGM movies. She died before her time from
complications with addictions.
Song to remember: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
POPULAR COMPOSERS OF SONG
George M. Cohan Mr. Broadway….You’re A Grand Old
Flag, Give My Regards to Broadway, Yankee Doodle Dandy,
and many more…..
Irving Berlin:Broadway/Hollywood GOD BLESS AMERICA,
White Christmas and Alexander’s Ragtime Band; many other
songs of the 1930-40’s
Kate Smith: Famous Broadway singer
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
Andrew Lloyd Weber: Phantom of the Opera, Joseph & His
Technicolor Dream Coat
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Sound of Music, South Pacific, C
ROCK AND ROLL Combination of rhythm and blues with
country and western music.
D.J. Alan Freed Cleveland, Ohio named the music ROCK
AND ROLL to play it on his radio station in the early 1950’s
THE CROONERS
THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL
Elvis Presley: Hound Dog, Blue Suede Shoes
THE OTHER MAJOR CROONERS OF THE 50’s
Billy Haley and the Comets : Rock around the Clock
Buddy Holly: “That’ll be the Day”, “Peggy Sue”
Richie Valens: La Bamba, Donna
Frank Sinatra: My Way
THE PHILLY CONNECTION
Bristol, PA, THE STOMP and
Philadelphia “American Bandstand” Dick Clark
South Street….
Chubby Checker: Twist, Pony, Swim, Monkey
6. 60’s ROCK/POP
THE KINGS OF THE BRITISH ROCK INVASION
#1 The Beatles: came to America in 1963 to perform
on the Ed Sullivan Show: The “NEW SOUND” was
no longer called Rock and Roll but ROCK!
John : Rhythm Guitar and Composer, Paul on Bass
Guitar and Composer, George on Lead guitar, and
Ringo on drums Songs: She Loves You,
I Want To Hold Your Hand, Help, Hard Day’s Night,
Yellow Submarine, Imagine, Yesterday, Birthday
ETC.
#2 The Rolling Stones: The Rock Band also from
England that competed with the Beatles for 1st place.
EARLY SONG POPULAR IN 1960’s: Satisfaction
They are still performing, recording today!
THE CALIFORNIA SOUND
The Monkeys: ACTORS, America’s imitation
of the BEATLES, could not play instruments, sit-com
on TV with real musicians recording their early
records. They learned to play instruments to go on
tour.
The Beach Boys: I GET AROUND, SURFIN
SAFARI,
Wipe out: FAMOUS ROCK SOLO FOR
DRUMMERS, blues progression in Key of C major.
THE MOTOWN SOUND Detroit, MI
The Supremes: You Can’t Hurry Love
The Temptations: My Girl
The Jackson Five: Michael Jackson and his
brothers were discovered on the ANDY WILLIAMS
SHOW: First hit: ABC
7. BROADWAY: MUSICAL THEATER
MAJOR COMPOSERS OF NEW YORK
Rodgers and Hammerstein: See outline
Lerner and Lowe MY FAIR LADY
Stephen Schwartz: GODSPELL
Andrew Lloyd Webber:
CATS, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA,
JOSEPH AND HIS TECHNICOLOR
DREAMCOAT
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
8. 70’s
Steve Miller: Fly Like an Eagle
Bee Gees: DISCO Staying Alive
The Carpenters: We’ve Only Just Begun
Stevie Wonder: You are the Sunshine of My Live
Elton John: Crocodile Rock
9. 80’s
Michael Jackson: Thriller
Madonna: Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Bruce Springstein: “The BOSS” Born in the U.S.A
10.
90’s Name 3 songs/Artists
Kris Kross: Jump
U2:
Bob Marley:
11.
2000-2010
Who do you like today? (name 3 artists and their
songs)
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12.
2011-12
WHAT’S POPULAR NEXT IN THE MUSIC WORLD:
Write a paragraph in your journal about what you think will
happen to music in the “future” or who will remain popular
for the next ten years.
TEST ON POPULAR COMPOSERS IN AMERICA: May
21/22
FINAL ASSESSMENT: May 4/5