BY MARIA KOMAROVA

Music in the United States

Contents

General information about music in the US;RagtimeBlues

Bluegrass Blues-rock Boogie-Woogie Delta blues Rhythm and blues Rock and roll

JazzCountry musicPop musicHip HopConcert venues

General information about music in the US

A new stage in the history and the development of the culture of the American

people begins after the Civil War. Work songs of blacks, blues, ragtime, jazz and so on

became very popular in the USA after the liberation of blacks from slavery.

Ragtime

alternately spelled Ragged-timeits peak popularity between 1897 and 1918;typical instruments: Mainly piano, sometimes

banjo;

Scott Joplin

Blues

Stylistic origins: African American folk musicWork songs;

Cultural origins: Late 19th century, southern United States; John Lomax

Typical instruments: Guitar Piano Harmonica  Drums  Saxophone 

Bluegrass music

is a form of American roots music.has roots in Scottish, English, Welsh, and

Irish traditional music. was inspired by the music of Immigrants

and African-Americans,particularly through genres such as jazz and blues.

A 5-string Banjo

Blues-rock

is a hybrid musical genre combining blues and rock and roll styles;

electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar

Boogie-woogie

is a style of piano-based blues that became very popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s,

guitar and piano

Colin Ross Quartet

Delta blues

is one of the earliest styles of blues music. originated in the Mississippi delta (from

Memphis to Vicksburg). guitar and harmonica are the dominant

instruments.

Robert Leroy Johnson

Rhythm and blues

often abbreviated to R&Boriginated in the 1940s;Typical instruments: Bo Diddly

Drum kit Double bass Saxophone Piano Organ Electric guitar

Rock and roll

(often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll)originated and evolved in the United States

during the late 1940s and early 1950s,Typical instruments: Electric guitar, string

bass or later bass guitar, drums, piano, saxophone.

Jazz

is a music genre that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States;

Typical instruments: The King & Carter Jazzing Orchestra

Saxophone Trombone  Bass Guitar Louis Armstrong

Flute Piano  Double bass  Banjo

Country music

country and Western;is a blend of popular musical forms originally

found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains;

Typical instruments: Roy Acuff Guitar Fiddle Piano Harmonica Drums Mandolin Banjo

Pop music

is commercially recorded music, usually consisting of relatively short and

simple love songs Tiffany Darwish

Michael Jackson

Hip hop

originated in the working class communities of New York City, in the late 1970s;

DJ Afrika Bambaataa first outlined the four pillars of hip-hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking, graffiti writing;

RAP refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics with a strong rhythmic accompaniment"

Concert venues

Carnegie Hall (Midtown Manhattan in New York City)

Kodak Theatre (the Hollywood) Walt Disney Concert Hall

(the Los Angeles Music Center)