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Group 1

Frederick Gon

Martin Alo

Lydia Dolores Sayak

Vionnie KamaWan Ain Norwina

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Task 1

Identify, analyse and compare the

following forms (genres) of songs thatwould appear to children.

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FOLK SONG

Covers a vast array of musical styles, most commonlyused to refer to a narrative song that uses traditionalmelodies to speak on a particular topic.

Topical folk songs address social and political issues

such as work, war, and popular opinion.

Typically about a community of people, and the issuesthey feel are important to them.

Contemporary folk songs cover topics from love andrelationships to racism, terrorism, war, voting, education,and religion, among other things.

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CHARACTERISTICS

Non-commercial.

Fusion of cultures

No copyright They commemorate historical and

personal events

The music was often related to nationalculture.

It was transmitted through an oral tradition

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LULLABY

A slow, quiet song sung to children to makethem go to sleep

http://www.ldoceonline.com/Music-topic/lullaby

The word "lull" (which means to soothe orcalm)

The word "by", as in goodbye.

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CHARACTERISTICS

A soothing refrain or more specifically, a song to quietchildren or lull them to sleep.

Uses very simple language and syllabic meter with a

melody.

Lullabies are classified as "Folk Literature." They areliterary works based on syllabic meter like minstrelpoetry, but different from the classical school of poetry.

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BALLAD

Short narrative folk song

Applied to any narrative composition suitable for

singing.

British and American ballads - invariably rhymedand strophic (divided into stanzas)

The russian ballads known as bylinyand almost allbalkan ballads - unrhymed and unstrophic

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CHARACTERISTICS

The ballad plays a critical role in the creation

and maintenance of distinct national cultures.

In contemporary literature and music, the

ballad is primarily defined by its commitment

to nostalgia, community histories, and

romantic love.

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BLUES

An African-American music that traverses a wide range ofemotions and musical styles.

Expressed in songs whose verses lament injustice or expresslonging for a better life and lost loves, jobs, and money.

Raucous dance music that celebrates pleasure and success.Central to the idea of blues performance is the concept that,by performing or listening to the blues, one is able toovercome sadness and lose the blues.

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CHARACTERISTICS

Integrate the sounds and instrumental

pyrotechnics of rock music and the sheen

of urban soul.

The twelve-bar form, variations on the

blues chord progression, and emotive

lyrical content remain relatively

unchanged.

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POP

Radio-friendly music by television and

movie stars, and by independent artists.

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CHARACTERISTICS

Aims to appeal to a wide audience, rather than any subcultureor ideology.

Verse-chorus song structure.

Recording and production is considered more important thanlive performance.

Usually around 3 minutes in duration. Dance orientated rhythms.

Attempts to follow current pop culture trends.

Focus on melodies and catchy hooks.

Chorus usually contrasts melodically and rhythmically with theverse.

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R&B/ SOUL

Rhythm & Blues is a term used to describe

the blues-influenced form of music

predominantly performed by African-

Americans since the late 1930s.

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CHARACTERISTICS

R&B lyrics sometimes focused on segregation and racial issues, like other

musical genres associated with African American musicians.

Arrangement and musical style became increasingly important.

Includes steady rhythms and numerous instruments to create multiple

layers of sound.

The music is often meant to inspire dancing or to at least provide a sound

that is catchy and interesting.

Lyrics in these songs can cover a wide range of subjects, such as love,

relationships, and dancing.

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JAZZ

Jazz is defined as a style of music, native to

America.

Characterized by a strong but flexible

rhythmic understructure with solo andensemble improvisations on basic tunes and

chord patterns and, more recently, a highly

sophisticated harmonic idiom.

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TASK 2

Compile some samples (one for

each form in Task 1) of songs that

would appeal to children.

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TASK 3

Explain how samples (in Task 2)

would help to generate language

among children.

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TASK 3

Children can experience rich language in apleasurable way.

Increase students awareness of rhyming patternsand alliteration in other areas of reading andwriting.

Through music, memory skills improve auraldiscrimination increase.

Affects ones emotion, make information, easy toremember.

Create environment that is conducive to learning.

Naturally pick up the language with its correct

sounds, words and sentences.