Urban popular music

Cultural origins Late 19th century south United States

Combining elements of spirituals work songs shouts chants and rhymed simple narrative ballads

Instruments Guitarmiddot Piano middot Harmonica middotSaxophone middot Vocals middot Trumpet middotTrombone and Double bass

BLUES ROBERT JOHNSON

Cultural origins Early 1910s New Orleansfrom a confluence of African and European musictraditions

Its use of Blue notes improvisation polyrhythms syncopation and the swing note

Performers Trumpet Louis Amstrong Saxophone Pedro Iturralde Charlie Parker Clarinet Benny Goodmann Singers Billie Holiday Diane Krall

LOUIS AMSTRONG

Cultural origins Originated in the UnitedStates during the late 1940s

Typical instruments The electric guitar bass guitar drums and keyboardinstruments and synthesizers

Including Rhythm and blues and gospelmusic in addition to country and western

Groups Bill Haley and the Comets Jerry Lee Lewis The Everly Brothers B B king

Cultural origins Late 1950s United Statescombining elements of gospel music andrhythm and blues

Performers Aretha Franklin Ben Eking Otis Redding

Typical instruments are Guitar - Bass -Piano- Organ - Drums -Keyboards ndash Vocals

ARETHA FRANKLIN

Cultural origins Late 1950s United States

Utilising traditional music and new compositions in a traditional style usually onacoustic instruments

Bob Dylan with hits including Blowin in theWind and Masters of War which broughtprotest songs

FOLK MUSIC

Cultural origins 1950s United Kingdom and United States

Typical instruments Vocals bull Electric guitarbull Bass guitar bull Drums bull Keyboards bull Acoustic Guitar bull Piano bull Synthesizer bull Drum machine bull Sequencer bull Sampler

Consisting of short and simple love songs

THE BEATLES

SIMPSONS ABBEY ROAD

BEATLES

Other important pop groups Oasis Blur Radiohead Supergrass The Verve

Cultural origins 1950s and 1960s United Kingdom United States

Many rock groups consist of An electricguitarist a singer bass guitarist and a drummer forming a quartet

Groups Rolling Stones The Animals PinkFloyd The Doors

THE ROLLING STONES

PINK FLOYD

Cultural origins Late 1960s United Kingdom and United States

Typical instruments Electric guitar bull bass guitar bull drums bull vocals bull keyboards

Important groups Deep Purple ACDC LedZeppelin Iron Maiden and Metallica

Is traditionally characterized by loud distortedguitars bass and drum sound and vigorous vocals

HEAVY METAL

AEROSMITH

Stylistic origins Soul music with a greateremphasis on beats influences from rhythm and blues jazz and psychodelic rock

Cultural origins Mid 1960s United States

Typical instruments Bass guitar - Electric guitar -Drums - Keyboards -Horns Congas

Important performers James Brown StevieWonder and Michael Jackson

JAMES BROWN

STEVIE WONDER

Stylistic origins Disco is a genre of dance music

Musical influences include funk Latin and soul music

Cultural origins Late 1960s ndash early 1970s US and Canada

Typical instruments Electric guitar bull Bass guitar bull Keyboard bullDrums bullString section bull Hornsection bullOrchestra bull Percussion

DONNA SUMMER

MADONNA

Cultural origins Mid-1970s United States United Kingdom and Australia

Typical instruments Vocals bull electric guitar bull bass bull drums

Short songs stripped-down instrumentation and often political anti-establishment lyrics

Groups Sex Pistols Clash Ramones Green Day Offspring

SEX PISTOLS

RAMONES

OFFSPRING

Cultural origins Is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit Michigan (USA) in the mid to late 1980s

Groups kraftwerkDepeche Mode Chemical Brothers David Guetta

Typical instruments Synthesizer keyboards sampler drum machine sequencer personal computer

TECHNO MUSIC

kraftwerk

DEPECHE MODE

CHEMICAL BROTHERS

DAVID GUETTA

Cultural origins Mid to late 1970s United Kingdom United States and France

Typical instruments Electric guitar ndash bass guitar ndash drums ndash synthesizers ndash vocals

Groups The Police U2 The StrokesColdplay Franz Ferdinand Bloc Party andThe Killers

THE POLICE

U2

COLDPLAY

THE KILLERS

Cultural originsMid-1980s Washington

Typical instruments Electric guitar - Bass guitar - Drums ndash Vocals

Groups Nirvana Pearl Jam

Is generally characterized by distortedelectric guitars and contrasting songdynamics

NIRVANA

PEARL JAM

Cultural origins 1970s the Bronx New York

Typical instruments Synthesizer DAW rapping drum machine sampler guitar bass guitar piano beatboxing vocals

Groups Public Enemy Notorius Big and Eminem

HIP HOP

EMINEM

PUBLIC ENEMY