QUESTIONS

THIS BLOG WAS MADE FOR:
MANUELA GRANADA
ANA MARÍA ZULETA
VALENTINA LOPEZ

REMEMBER...

We have all closed in the preferred style, rarely accept a different style. the music is a mix of lyrics and melodies, capable of transferring any kind of feelings and emotions, through it is displayed communication and expression means of every person. Finally remember that any kind of music is the art that leads to wisdom, knowledge, pleasure and happiness, a planet full of opportunities. It is the only drug that works and is not harmful. "Passion and love are the food of the heart. And what better diet that music."

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  QUESTIONS

  -What is your favorite music genre? -What musicians or bands of these genres do you know? -What other metal subgenres do you know? -What music genres originated the pop? -What were the three most important musicians of classical music? -What characterizes the rock? -What is the song that marks the beginning of the reggae? -What are the years in which they originated genres (pop, metal, classical, rock and reggae) of music? -What instruments are used in each genre?

  - In which countries these musical genres were originated?

POP

POP MUSIC

Stylistic origins: Traditional pop, rhythm and blues,rock and roll, jazz, folk, doo-wop,dance, classical, popular music.

Cultural origins:  1950s, United States.

Typical instruments: Vocals, synthesizer, drum machine,sequencer, sampler, guitar, drums,bass guitar, keyboards, piano and occasional use of various otherinstruments.

Subgenres:  Baroque pop • Bubblegum pop • Christian pop •Dance-pop • Europop • Operatic pop • Power pop •Soundtrack • Sophisti-pop • Synthpop • Space age pop • Sunshine pop • Traditional pop • Teen pop,

Pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular") is a genre of popular music which originated in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll. The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, even though the former is a description of music which is popular (and can include any style).

As a genre, pop music is very eclectic, often borrowing elements from other styles including urban, dance, rock, Latin and country; nonetheless, there are core elements which define pop. Such include generally short-to-medium length songs, written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), as well as the common employment of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and catchy hooks.

So-called "pure pop" music, such as power pop, features all these elements, using electric guitars, drums and bass for instrumentation; in the case of such music, the main goal is usually that of being pleasurable to listen to, rather than having much artistic depth.

 Pop music is generally thought of as a genre which is commercially recorded and desires to have a mass audience appeal.

David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as "a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, and folk musics". Although pop music is often seen as oriented towards the singles charts it is not the sum of all chart music, which has always contained songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs, while pop music as a genre is usually seen as existing and developing separately. Thus "pop music" may be used to describe a distinct genre, aimed at a youth market, often characterized as a softer alternative torock and roll.

Throughout its development, pop music has absorbed influences from most other genres of popular music. Early pop music drew on the sentimental ballad for its form, gained its use of vocal harmonies from gospel and soul music, instrumentation from jazz,country, and rock music, orchestration from classical music, tempo from dance music, backing from electronic music, rhythmic elements from hip-hop music, and has recently appropriated spoken passages from rap.

Musicologists often identify the following characteristics as typical of the pop music genre:

·        - an aim of appealing to a general audience, rather than to a particular sub-culture or ideology

·       -  an emphasis on craftsmanship rather than formal "artistic" qualities

·        - an emphasis on recording, production, and technology, over live performance

·        - a tendency to reflect existing trends rather than progressive developments

·        - much pop music is intended to encourage dancing, or it uses dance-oriented beats or       rhythms

The main medium of pop music is the song, often between two and a half and three and a half minutes in length, generally marked by a consistent and noticeable rhythmic element, a mainstream style and a simple traditional structure. Common variants include the verse-chorus form and the thirty-two-bar form, with a focus on melodies and catchy hooks, and a chorus that contrasts melodically, rhythmically and harmonically with the verse. The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment. The lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships – although there are notable exceptions.

METAL

METAL

Heavy metal is traditionally characterized by loud distorted guitars, emphatic rhythms, dense bass-and-drum sound, and vigorous vocals. Metal subgenres variously emphasize, alter, or omit one or more of these attributes. The typical band lineup includes a drummer, a bassist, a rhythm guitarist, a lead guitarist, and a singer, who may or may not be an instrumentalist. Keyboard instruments are sometimes used to enhance the fullness of the sound.

The electric guitar and the sonic power that it projects through amplification has historically been the key element in heavy metal. The lead role of the guitar in heavy metal often collides with the traditional "frontman" or bandleader role of the vocalist, creating a musical tension as the two "contend for dominance" in a spirit of "affectionate rivalry".

Critic Simon Frith claims that the metal singer's "tone of voice" is more important than the lyrics. Metal vocals vary widely in style, from the multioctave, theatrical approach of Judas Priest's Rob Halford and Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, to the gruff style of Motörhead's Lemmy and Metallica's James Hetfield, to the growling of many death metal performers, and to the harsh screams of black metal.

The prominent role of the bass is also key to the metal sound, and the interplay of bass and guitar is a central element. The bass guitar provides the low-end sound crucial to making the music "heavy".

The essence of metal drumming is creating a loud, constant beat for the band using the "trifecta of speed, power, and precision". 

• Thrash metal emerged in the early 1980s under the influence of hardcore punk and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, particularly songs in the revved-up style known as speed metal. The movement began in the United States, with Bay Area thrash metal being the leading scene. The sound developed by thrash groups was faster and more aggressive than that of the original metal bands and their glam metal successors. Thrash has been described as a form of "urban blight music" and "a palefaced cousin of rap."
• The first wave of black metal emerged in Europe in the early and mid-1980s, led by Britain's Venom, Denmark's Mercyful Fate, Switzerland's Hellhammer and Celtic Frost, and Sweden's Bathory. By the late 1980s, Norwegian bands such as Mayhem and Burzum were heading a second wave. Black metal varies considerably in style and production quality, although most bands emphasize shrieked and growled vocals, highly distorted guitars frequently played with rapid tremolo picking, a "dark" atmosphere and intentionally lo-fi production, with ambient noise and background hiss.
• During the late 1980s, the power metal scene came together largely in reaction to the harshness of death and black metal. Though a relatively underground style in North America, it enjoys wide popularity in Europe, Japan, and South America. Power metal focuses on upbeat, epic melodies and themes that "appeal to the listener's sense of valor and loveliness." The prototype for the sound was established in the mid-to-late 1980s by Germany's Helloween, which combined the power riffs, melodic approach, and high-pitched, "clean" singing style of bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden with thrash's speed and energy, "crystallizing the sonic ingredients of what is now known as power metal".
• Emerging in the mid-1980s with such bands as California's Saint Vitus, Maryland's The Obsessed, Chicago's Trouble, and Sweden's Candlemass, the doom metal movement rejected other metal styles' emphasis on speed, slowing its music to a crawl. Doom metal traces its roots to the lyrical themes and musical approach of early Black Sabbath. The Melvins have also been a significant influence on doom metal and a number of its subgenres.

 Doom emphasizes melody, melancholy tempos, and a sepulchral mood relative to many other varieties of metal.

The era of metal's mainstream dominance in North America came to an end in the early 1990s with the emergence of Nirvana and other grunge bands, signaling the popular breakthrough of alternative rock. Grunge acts were influenced by the heavy metal sound, but rejected the excesses of the more popular metal bands, such as their "flashy and virtuosic solos" and "appearance-driven" MTV orientation.

• Glam metal fell out of favor due not only to the success of grunge, but also because of the growing popularity of the more aggressive sound typified by Metallica and the post-thrash groove metal of Pantera and White Zombie. A few new, unambiguously metal bands had commercial success during the first half of the decade—Pantera's Far Beyond Driven topped the Billboard chart in 1994—but, "In the dull eyes of the mainstream, metal was dead."[1 Some bands tried to adapt to the new musical landscape. Metallica revamped its image: the band members cut their hair and, in 1996, headlined the alternative musical festival Lollapalooza founded by Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell. While this prompted a backlash among some long-time fans,Metallica remained one of the most successful bands in the world into the new century.
• In the mid- and late 1990s came a new wave of U.S. metal groups inspired by the alternative metal bands and their mix of genres.[ Dubbed "nu metal", bands such as Slipknot, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, P.O.D., Korn and Disturbed incorporated elements ranging from death metal to hip hop, often including DJs and rap-style vocals. The mix demonstrated that "pancultural metal could pay off." Nu metal gained mainstream success through heavy MTV rotation and Ozzy Osbourne's 1996 introduction of Ozzfest, which led the media to talk of a resurgence of heavy metal. In 1999, Billboard noted that there were more than 500 specialty metal radio shows in the U.S., nearly three times as many as ten years before. While nu metal was widely popular, traditional metal fans did not fully embrace the style. By early 2003, the movement's popularity was on the wane, though several nu metal acts such as System of a Down retained substantial followings.

·         Metal remained popular in the 2000s, particularly in continental Europe. By the new millennium Scandinavia had emerged as one of the areas producing innovative and successful bands, while Belgium, The Netherlands and especially Germany were the most significant markets. Established continental metal bands that placed multiple albums in the top 20 of the German charts between 2003 and 2008, including Finnish band Children of Bodom,Norwegian act Dimmu Borgir, Germany's Blind Guardian and Sweden's HammerFall.

Beyond the artistic and musical, heavy metal in many ways represents for his faithful followers (metalheads or heavies) a form or a way of life.

This attitude is also reflected in the clothing, in character, jargon, where prevails much musical and technical vocabulary about typical instruments of a band of heavy metal, sound quality, etc..

CLASSICAL MUSIC

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Is a term that has two different meanings when it comes to music. In the broadest sense, classical music refers to music of certain forms and genres (symphony, string quartet, sonata, etc.) for certain instrumental combinations (solo violin, symphony orchestra, string quartet, etc) and intended for concert performance.

In a narrower sense "classical" refers to a specific period in music history and a specific set of stylistic traits. The hallmarks of this style are balance, clarity, and proportion. These qualities reflect  the artistic sensibilities of of ancient Greece and Rome, the so-called "Classical" civilizations. Classical music, strictly defined, means music produced in the Western world between 1750 and 1820. This music included opera, chamber music, choral pieces, and music requiring a full orchestra. To most, however, the term refers to all of the above types of music within most time periods before the 20th century.

In its limited definition, classical music includes the works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.

From Mozart alone, there are a huge range of pieces to enjoy, as he wrote symphonies, music for quartets and quintets, chamber orchestra pieces, choral pieces, piano concertos, and entire operas. In total, he wrote over 600 musical pieces.

Classical music would not be quite the same without Beethoven, who is particularly known for his symphonies. Beethoven’s sixth symphony is probably most recognized because of its pastorale, a section of music used in the Disney film Fantasia. The achingly beautiful Moonlight Sonata was also written by him. Beethoven wrote only one opera, Fidelio, and his genius rests in his symphonies and piano concertos.

Haydn, has often been referred to as the “father of classical music,” as his work during this era forms the basis of influence for many others. Ironically, though he is considered the progenitor of the classical era, he is less familiar to most audiences than the composers mentioned above. His Symphony no. 94, The Surprise Symphony, is among his best known works.

"Classical" music may also refer to the native and folk music of any country, although the styles vary greatly, depending upon available instruments.

Characteristics

•          Given the extremely broad variety of forms, styles, genres, and historical periods generally perceived as being described by the term "classical music," it is difficult to list characteristics that can be attributed to all works of that type. Vague descriptions are plentiful, such as describing classical music as anything that "lasts a long time," a statement made rather moot when one considers contemporary composers who are described as classical; or music that has certain instruments like violins, which are also found in other genres. However, there are characteristics that classical music contains that few or no other genres of music contain.

•          Whereas most popular styles lend themselves to the song form, classical music has been noted for its development of highly sophisticated forms of instrumental music: these include the concerto, symphony, sonata, suite, étude, symphonic poem, opera, and others.

Classical composers often aspire to imbue their music with a very complex relationship between its affective (emotional) content and the intellectual means by which it is achieved. Many of the most esteemed works of classical music make use of musical development, the process by which a musical idea or motif is repeated in different contexts or in altered form. The sonata form and fugue employ rigorous forms of musical development.

•          The instruments used in most classical music were largely invented before the mid-19th century, often much earlier, and codified in the 18th and 19th centuries. They consist of the instruments found in an orchestra or concert band, together with several other solo instruments such as the piano, harpsichord, and organ. The symphony orchestra is the most widely known medium for classical music. The orchestra includes members of the string, woodwind, brass, and percussion families.

•          Electric instruments such as the electric guitar and the ondes Martenot appear occasionally in the classical music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Both classical and popular musicians have experimented in recent decades with electronic instruments such as the synthesizer, electric and digital techniques such as the use of sampled or computer-generated sounds, and the sounds of instruments from other cultures such as the gamelan.

•          Professional performance of classical music repertoire demands a significant level of proficiency in sight-reading and ensemble playing, thorough understanding of tonal and harmonic principles, knowledge of performance practice, and a familiarity with the style/musical idiom inherent to a given period, composer or musical work are among the most essential of skills for the classically trained musician.

ROCK

ROCK

He appeared in 1954 with the genres of folk, jazz and blues as clear influences. Few years after its origin, the so-called rock & roll, became a mass phenomenon for rebels young who don´t got carried away by popular music, more commercial.

The main instruments used to interpret rock music are the guitar, the main protagonist of this genre and generally electric, battery, very important in the rhythm section, addition to a low. Often this genre used complement instruments like synthesizers and piano.

Since the debut of the Rolling Stones in the sixties to the Muse today, the rock is as alive as ever, but genres like punk, metal or death have little or nothing to do with the rock & roll dancing in the sixties, but keep alive the hipster essence and fighting spirit that has characterized it since its appearance.

REGGAE

REGGAE

Musical genre of Jamaican origin. The term "reggae" is often used to refer to Jamaican music (Ska, Rocksteady, Dub). The word "reggae" is derived from ragga that, in turn, is an abbreviation of raggamuffin, which was a label used to name the natives Jamaicans, the Rastas and cultural movements of the poor. Reggae is based on a rhythmic style characterized by regular courts over background music played by the rhythmic drums, known as "Beat".

The salient points of this genre are social, political and religious. The first appearance of reggae music is attributed to the song "Fat Man" by Derrick Morgan, and outstanding performers are: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Steel Pulse, Bunny Wailer, Black Uhuru, Lucky Dube and Eddy Grant .