Good Morning! O On a piece of lined paper, please define “folk music” in your own words and provide two examples “The best way to get to knowing any bunch.

Good Morning!O On a piece of lined paper, please define “folk music” in your own words

and provide two examples

“The best way to get to knowing any bunch of people is to go and listen to

their music.” - Woody Gutherie (1912-1967)

Introduction to

Folk MusicMr. WoodcockAP Geography

November 2012

OutcomesO Students will be able to understand

the characteristics of folk music.O Students will be able to trace the

development of folk music.

Quick NoteO “word”

O Shorthand for “the definition of word is”

O MLA implicationsO Citations

O “.... is used in this game” (“basketball”).

O Works CitedO “Basketball.” The American Heritage

Dictionary. 9th ed. 2004. Print.

“folk”O Relating to the tradition art and/or

culture of a community or nation

“music”O The art of combining vocal and/or

instrumental sounds to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotions

Folk MusicThe Basics

“folk music”O Everyday music of nonprofessional

musicians, often in rural settingO Characteristics with widespread

implications in:O Geography O Identity/Social ClassO Historical valueO Globalization

CharacteristicsO Oral and aural

traditionsO Different versions

are commonO Regions within

nationO Generation to

generationO Unknown

origin and authorO Originated outside

of commercial systems

http://www.map-of-spain.co.uk/large-map-of-spain.htm

SocietyO “folk”

O Term for common peopleO Small, rural communities

O Everyone participated O Urban communities

O Working classO Low socioeconomic status

SocietyO Singers

O Traditionally sung, unaccompanied

O Instrumentalists O Rare in the

beginning, became more common

O InstrumentsO PortableO Originated from

urban areas – cities, courts, the Church

O Usually played “incorrectly”

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/sleepyfiddler_500.html

SocietyO Dancers

O Feasts, rituals, holidays

O Audience O Everyone else O Generations

http://www.desicolours.com/indian-folk-dances/11/07/2008

Song TypesO Ballads

O Told a story or current eventsO Humorous, lyrical, romantic, etc.

O Spirituals O Traditional hymns adopted by

indigenous peoplesO Popularized by enslaved Africans

Song TypesO Work songs

O Described adversity while doing hard work

O Fields, mines, shipyards

O Call and response format

http://www.old-picture.com/american-history-1900-1930s/miners-Coal.htm

Folk MusicPopularization and Global Implications

ReviewO Folk music is made in rural societiesO Passed down orally and aurallyO Unknown origin/author

BUT

Outside InfluencesO InstrumentsO Urban societies provide exposure to

different classesO Spirituals become …

popularized

“popular”O Liked, admired, or enjoyed by the

popular taste

Gradual ExposureO Migration and expansion provide

different cultures to interactO Example of early U.S. history

O British-American culture in New England

O Enslaved Africans in the rural South O Interaction between the two

developed music

PopularizationO Gained popularity

in the U.S. during the 1960’sO Civil Rights

MovementO Vietnam War

protestsO Provided the

youth a voice to express identity and ideology

http://webpages.scu.edu/ftp/jmarckwordt/generation_evolution.html

PopularizationO Singer-

songwriters emerged O Combined folk,

pop music, and hymn tunes

O One or more singers accompanied by a guitar or banjo

http://news.twentyfourbit.com/2011/11/bob-dylan-chimes-of-freedom-tribute-tracklist/

PopularizationO Preserved traditions, but in mass-

media contextsO Unknown authors Known arrangers

and composersO Orally passed down sheet music

and recordings

GlobalizationO Global links

O Provide improved travel and communication

O Ease the ability to share information

O Rural communities now connected

http://danya-als.wikispaces.com/Globalization