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THE ART OF BEING
HUMAN
9TH EDITION
Chapter 6:
Music
MUSIC
o The shaped sounds between silences
BASIC ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
o Tone
o Scale
BASIC ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
o Rhythm
o Melody
BASIC ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
o Harmony and the Orchestra
o Silence
VARIETIES OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
o ART SONGS - shorter musical composition
Schubert’s The Trout
VARIETIES OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
o FOLK SONGS
Commemorative song
Work Song
Accumulation Song
Scoundrel Song
Narrative Song
Protest Song
VARIETIES OF MUSICAL
EXPERIENCE
o SPIRITUALS – emotional release
VARIETIES OF MUSICAL
EXPERIENCE
o RAGTIME – syncopation
Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag
VARIETIES OF MUSICAL
EXPERIENCE
o JAZZ – improvisation
Thelonious Monk
Charles Mingus
Jelly Roll Morton
Charlie Parker
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Wynton Marsalis
VARIETIES OF MUSICAL
EXPERIENCE
o
BLUES –
o “Half tones” or “blue notes”
o W.C. Handy’s St. Louis Blues
o Bessie Smith
o Muddy Waters
VARIETIES OF MUSICAL
EXPERIENCE
o POP MUSIC – origins
Big Bands
Irving Berlin
Frank Sinatra
VARIETIES OF MUSICAL
EXPERIENCE
o ROCK – fusion of
rhythm, blues, gospel &
country
Elvis Presley, the Beatles,
the Rolling Stones
Gillian Welch “Elvis Presley
Blues”
VARIETIES OF MUSICAL
EXPERIENCE
o HIP HOP – broad term that defines a lifestyle with
musical expression
o RAP – half sung, half spoken music with a steady
beat supporting rapid-fire words
Michael Jackson
Beastie Boys
Lady Gaga
VARIETIES OF MUSICAL
EXPERIENCE
o WORLD MUSIC
o Diversity, Regional Style
o Representative of many cultures
VARIETIES OF MUSICAL
EXPERIENCE
o AVANT-GARDE MUSIC
o A break with the familiar
Stravinsky’s
The Rite of Spring
Schoenberg’s
Pierrot Lunaire
Discussion
 Open discussion/reflection on the ideas and artists of
folk, ragtime, jazz, rock, pop, and hip-hop music and
their influences upon society.