national 3 music – 20 th century music national 3 music – 20 th century music
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National 3 Music – 20th Century Music
Concepts
• Blues• Improvisation• Jazz• Pop • Rock ’n’ Roll• Rock• Riff• Discord
• Drum kit• Drum fill• Electric Guitar
The Blues• Blues started as Black American folk music,
developing from spirituals and work songs.• Blues music is often in 4/4 time and is mostly
patterned on a 12-bar structure (although 8 and 16 bars are also found) and
on a scale where some notes are flattened.Muddy Waters Robert JohnsonBig Maybelle B.B. King
Blues Scale
Jazz
• At first this was music created by black Americans in the early 20th century.
• Features of the music may include syncopation and improvisation.
Benny Goodman Woody Herman2013 Compilation Duke EllingtonGlenn Miller Jools Holland
Improvisation
• The performer makes up music during the actual performance. They don’t have the melody written down to help, although there may be suggested chords as a guide.
• Improvisation is an important feature of jazz and popular music.
Three Blind Mice Isn't She Lovely
Chord• Two or more notes sounding together (play a note,
miss a note, play a note, miss a note, play a note).Axis of Awesome (clean)
A CB
C ED F G
C ED AF G CB
C ED AF G CB D
Listening to chord changes
Related concept – chord change
Follow the pattern of a 12 bar blues on the next slide and identify on what chord your teacher stops the music. Lonely Avenue - Ray CharlesRay Charles- What'd I Say Duffy – MercyThe Clash - Should I Stay or Should I GoChuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
I/C I/C I/C I/C
I/C I/C
I/C I/C
IV/F IV/F
IV/FV/G
Dischord
• A chord in which certain notes clash.Schoenberg
A chord – pleasant sounding(play a note, miss a note, play a note,miss a note, play a note)
A dischord – unpleasant sounding,clashes
Riff
• A repeated phrase usually found in jazz and popular music.
• This illustration shows the guitar riff for a song by The Kinks called 'You Really Got Me'. Notice the repeat marks at the start and end of the bar.
You Really Got MeBack in BlackI Believe in a Thing Called LoveIce Ice Baby
Rock ’n’ Roll
• 1950s American music which grew from the combined styles of jazz, blues, gospel and country.
Jailhouse RockRock Around The ClockMedely with Cliff Richard
Pop
• A style of popular music played by a group of musicians.
Dancing QueenBarbie GirlThe One That Got Away
Rock
• A style of popular music with a heavy, driving beat. Usually features electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit
Use SomebodyHow You Remind MeDream OnSmells Like Teen Spirit
Drum kit
• A rhythmic decoration played on a drum kitKings Of Leon - Use SomebodyMuse 'Supremacy' | BRITs 2013The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody
Drum fill
• A set of drums and cymbals often used by rock bands and pop groups.
Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick (Live at Royal Albert Hall)Rowan Atkinson - Invisible Drum Kit
Electric Guitar
• A guitar which requires an electric amplifier to produce sound.
Smoke On The Water - Guitar SoloIron Maiden - Fear Of The DarkMetallica - Enter SandmanMuse 'Supremacy' | BRITs 2013