Jazz Music

Popular Music and

Classical Music
Made Popular
Presented by:
Corpuz, Leonard Clemence
Lee Yi Ling, Elaine
Jazz Music
Jazz Music
The development of the jazz genre was an
offshoot of the music of African slaves who were
brought in America. Jazz evolved into various more
upbeat forms which the world has since adopted
and incorporated in other contemporary styles.
Ragtime
It is a American popular music style mainly for piano that originated in
the Afro-American communities of St. Louis and New Orleans.
It was said to be a modification of the
"marching mode" made popular by
John Philip Sousa, where the effects
generated by an internally syncopated
melodic line pitted against a
rhythmically straight-forward bass line.
John Philip Sousa
Foremost exponents of ragtime
where Jelly Roll Morton, An
American Jazz pianist who
composed Frog-I-More Rag,

and Scott Joplin, who composed the

popular Maple Leaf Rag, Solace, and The
Entertainer.
Big Band
It refers to a large ensemble form originating
in the United States in the mid 1920s closely
associated with the Swing Era and its jazz
elements. This style relied heavily on
percussion (drums), wind, rhythm (guitar,
piano, double bass, vibes), and brass
instruments (saxophones), with a lyrical string
section (violin and other string instruments)
to accompany a lyrical melody.
Bebop
Bebop, or "bop" is a musical style
of modern jazz that emerged
during World War II. It is
characterized by a fast tempo,
instrumental virtuosity, and
improvisation. Dizzy Gillespie
Jazz Rock It is the bond of 1960s and 1970s
bands that inserted jazz
elements into rock music. A
synonym for "Jazz Fusion," Jazz
rock is a mix of funk and R&B
("rhythm and blues") rhythms,
where the music
used amplification and electronic effects, complex time signatures, and
extended instrumental compositions with lengthy improvisations in the
jazz style.
Some popular groups that emerged using the above
music styles:
Grateful Dead Steely Dan
Cream Lighthouse
Blood, Sweat and Tears Frank Zappa
Santana Soft Machine
Traffic Hatfield and the North
Chicago
Song writers:

Tim Buckley Van Morrison

Joni Mitchell
Popular
Music
Popular Music
It means the "music of the populace," similar to the traditional folk
music of the past. As it developed in the 20th century, pop music (as it
has come to be called) generally consisted of music for entertainment
of large numbers of people, whether on radio or in live performances.
The present day idols in the pop:
Cole Porter
George Gershwin
Frank Sinatra
Folk Music
Traditionally, folk music refers to melodies
and songs of the common people that
handed down form generation to the next.
Dealing with almost every kind of human
activity, folk music often expresses the
character of ethnic and social groups, and
sometimes of a nation.
In the 1960s and 1970s, folk music took on a
new character, It was combined with elements
of rock to express the social and political
concerns of the youth of that Era.
Artists:

Joan Baez Peter, Paul, and Mary

Artists:

Bob Dylan Paul Simon and James Taylor

Art Garfunkel
Artists:

John Denver Cat Stevens

Country and Western Music
It is a blend of musical popular musical forms originally
found in the Southern United States. It has roots in
traditional folk music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s. The
term "country music" began to be used in the 1940s when
the earlier term "hillbilly music" was felt to be degrading,
and the term was subsequently embraced in the 1970s.
Ballads
It originated as an expressive folksong in
narrative verse with text dealing typically
with love. The word is derived both from
the medieval French "chanson balladee" and
"ballade" which refers to a dancing song.
Used by poets and composers since the 18th
century, it became a slow popular love song
in the 19th century.
Duke Ellington
Examples:
1. Blue Ballads
This is a fusion of Anglo-
American and Afro-American
styles from the 19th century
that often deals with anti-
heroes resisting authority.
Examples:
2. Pop Standard and Jazz Ballads

This is a blues style built from a

single verse of 16 bars ending the
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dominant of half- cadence, followed
by a refrain or chorus part of 16 or
32 bars in AABA form.
Irving Bellin
Examples:
3. Pop and Rock Ballads
It is an is an emotional love song with
suggestions of folk music, as in the
Beatles composition "The Ballad of
John and Yoko" and Billy Joel's "The
Ballad of Billy".
Standards
It is used to denote the most popular and
enduring songs from a particular genre or
style, such as those by Irving Berlin, Cole
Porter, and Rodgers and Hart. Its style is
mostly in a slow or moderate tempo with a
relaxed mood.
Artists:

Frank Sinatra, also Nat King Cole, Matt Monroe, one of

known as "Ol' Blue American Balladeer most popular
Eyes," "Chairman of entertainers in the
the Board" international scene
during 1960s.
Rock and Roll
It was a hugely popular song form in the United
States during the late 1940s to the 1960s. It
combined Afro-American forms such as the
blues, jump blues, jazz, and gospel music with the
Western swing and country music. The lead
instruments were the piano and saxophone.
Artists:

Chuck Berry Little Richard

Artists:

The Beatles
Elvis Presley
The Beatles' John Lennon
and Paul McCartney
John Lennon
He was born and raised in Liverpool,
England. He rose to worldwide fame as a
founder member of the rock band "The
Beatles," which was considered as "the most
commercially successful band in the history
of popular music."
 The Beatles' John Lennon
and Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney
He gained popularity and fame as a
member of "The Beatles," which
included John Lennon, George
Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
Disco
Its pertained to rock music that was more
danceable, thus leading to the
establishment of venues for public dancing
also called discos. The term originated
from the French word "discothèque" which
means a library for phonograph records.
Pop Music
Parallel with the disco
era, other pop music
superstars continued to
emerge
Michael Jackson,
"The King of Pop"
The most popular solo performer of
all time. He was an American
recording artist, entertainer, singer-
songwriter, record producer, musical
arranger, dancer, choreographer, actor,
businessman, and philanthropist.
Today Pop Music Idols:

Rihanna Ed Sheeran
One Direction
Hip hop and Rap
It is stylized, highly
rhythmic type of music
that usually includes
portions of rhythmically
chanted words called
"rap."
Artists:

Eminem Kanye West

Alternative Music
It was an underground independent form of
music that arose in the 1980s. It become
widely popular in the 1990s as a way to
defy "mainstream" rock music.
Classical
Music
made
Popular
Classical Music
made Popular
Meanwhile, classical music continued to flourish
alongside all these other musical styles. The
famed masterpieces of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart,
Chopin, and Liszt continued to be propagated on
the concert stage and through recordings.
 Crossover
Performances:
Classical and Pop
In recent years, a number of classical musicians have
begun to render "crossover" performances, in which they
combine classical compositions with popular pieces such
as jazz, rock, and folk music in the same concert.
Artists:

II Divo

Luciano Pavarotti
Maksim Mrvica
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