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