APPRECIATION OF MUSIC

WHAT IS MUSIC ?

Comes from the Greek word “mousike” means

“the art of Muse”.
Is a common language of mankind.
To the scientist, it is the system of vibrations
 To the musician, it is the relationship between
the ear and the instrument or voice
 BASIC MUSICAL CONCEPTS

BEAT - the regular pulse which provides a `timeline` for the rhythm
to anchor itself to.

RHYTHM
- essentially repeated patterns of long or short, stressed or unstress
ed sounds or silences which fit into the main beat

DURATION - is the length of notes or sounds or silences which

facilitate the rhythm.
 WHY LIVE MUSIC

Music - Essential Life Component

• Human Brain has natural
affinity towards music. A
musical activity improves
intellectual brain activity.

• Music skills enhance Self

Confidence, Social Bonding
and Success in society .

• Playing music helps in

bringing down Stress levels
and improves overall health
and well being.
 MUSIC & IDENTITY
How does music influence our social , economic and
political lives ?

Does the music you listen to link to your personality?

How does music affect our lives ?

 MUSIC & IDENTITY
How does music influence our social , economic and
political lives ?

Does the music you listen to link to your personality?

How does music affect our lives ?

 DOES MUSIC AFFECT OUR BEHAVIOUR ?
1). Music therapy is a powerful tool to fight such
problems as stress, enhancing memory or pain

2). “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on

which it is impossible to be silent.” - Victor Hugo
(French Poet, novelist, playwright)

3). “Regular listening of some types of music can be a

door to a person's mind and his feelings” – Dr.
Daniel Amen ( American psychiatrist)
 DOES MUSIC AFFECT OUR BEHAVIOUR ?
Music can be inspiring.

Music can be soothing and calming.

But music can destruct us in a way we can't even imagine.

Each piece of music has its own identity and personality.

Choose carefully the music you listen to.

Whatever genre you choose to listen to, enjoy it, however,

be responsible for your actions.
THE MAIN GENRES OF MUSIC
 EDM

The beginning of EDM came from the disco genre, in the late 1970’s
Inspired by Jamaican beats, it originated in the United States
Popular disco music that helped to create the EDM scene included
the 1974 hit “Rock Your Baby,” by George McCrae, which used a drum
machine and Roland rhythm machine.
An umbrella term for multiple genres, including dance
pop, house, techno, trance, drum & bass, dub step, trap and footwork
The main instruments used in EDM are Drum Machine & Synthesizer 
DRUM MACHINE
SYNTHESIZER
 ROCK

originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early

1950s, 
It is described as hard-edged music performed with electric
guitars, bass, and drums and usually accompanied by lyrics
sung by a vocalist. 
The main sub genres – blues rock, psychedelic rock,
progressive rock, glam rock, heavy metal, punk rock, (Pink Floyd)
alternative rock, grunge , Indie pop, soft rock
Bands like; Nirvana, Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chilli Peppers.,
Foo Fighters, Cold Play, Sound garden, etc
 JAZZ

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American

communities of New Orleans, United States.
it originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed
from roots in blues and ragtime. 
Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals,
poly rhythms and improvisation.
Jazz can express many different emotions, from pain to sheer joy. In
jazz, you may hear the sounds of freedom-for the music has been a
powerful voice for people suffering unfair treatment because of the
color of the skin, or because they lived in a country run by a cruel dictator.
Jazz is about making something familiar--a familiar song--into something
fresh. ( example)
 DUB STEP

Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that

originated in South London in the late
1990s.
It is generally characterised by sparse, syncopated rhythmic
patterns with prominent sub-bass frequencies. ( examples)
 RHYTHM & BLUES

Commonly abbreviated as R&B, a genre of popular music

that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.
Combines soulful singing and a strong backbeat
R&B today defines a style of African-American music, that
combines elements of soul music, funk music, pop music, and
hip hop
Egs – Heartless ( weeknd), Show me love (Alicia Keys), Old Town
Road (Lil nas X), Remember the time (Michael Jackson), Thats
what I like (Bruno Mars), Wild thoughts (DJ Khaled)
COUNTRY MUSIC

Is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern

United States in the early 1920s
It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music  and
the blues
often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple
forms, folk lyrics, and harmonies 
mostly accompanied by string instruments such as banjos,
electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars and fiddles as well
as harmonicas
 POP

A genre of popular music that originated in its modern forms in the US and

the UK during the mid-1950s
There are many key elements that define pop music. Identifying factors
usually include short to medium-length songs written in a basic format
(often the verse-chorus structure), as well as common use of repeated
choruses, melodic tunes, and hooks.
It often includes a danceable tempo, easy to remember lyrics, and simple
notation.
 REGGAE

A style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the

late 1960s and quickly emerged as the country’s
dominant music
It was widely perceived as a voice of the oppressed.
Employs a heavy four-beat rhythm driven by drums,
bass guitar, electric guitar, and the “scraper,” a
corrugated stick that is rubbed by a plain stick.
Reggae expressed the sounds and pressures of ghetto
life. It was the music of the emergent “rude boy” (would
be gangster) culture.
 FOLK MUSIC

Folk music includes traditional folk music and the

genre that evolved from it during the 20th-century

It is a type of traditional and generally

rural music that originally was passed down through
families and other small social groups.

it is learned through hearing rather than reading

 FOLK MUSIC
The English term and its French and Italian analogues, musique
populaire and musica popolare, indicate that this is music associated
with a social class, the “folk.” 

The German Volksmusik (“people’s music”) combines the concept of

class with the unification of an ethnic group,

The Hindi term lok geet (“the people’s music”) in India

Czechoslovakia uses the term narod (“nation”) and its relatives,

indicating that folk music is the musical unifier of all Czechs

the Persian term mūsīqī-ye maḥallī (“regional music”) emphasizes the

distinctions in folk music style and repertory among different areas of
Iran.
 RAP
Rap, musical style in which rhythmic and/or rhyming speech is
chanted (“rapped”) to musical accompaniment

Rap, originated in African American communities in  New York

City in the 1970’s

The late 1980s saw the advent of “gangsta rap,” with lyrics that
were often misogynistic or that glamorized violence and drug
dealing

Kurtis Blow was the first rapper to sign with a major label, the
first to earn a certified gold single, and the first to tour
internationally.
 CLASSICAL
The earliest reference to "classical music" recorded by the Oxford English
Dictionary is from about 1829

It is music that has been composed by musicians who are trained in the art
of writing music (composing) and written down in music notation so that
other musicians can play it

 Like all kinds of music, classical music can be in many different moods:
happy, sad, scary, peaceful, thoughtful, simple etc.

Classical music may also be described as "art music“

Classical pieces of music can be quite short, but they can also be very long,
like a big, musical story. A symphony by Mahler or Shostakovich can last for
nearly an hour, and an opera is a whole evening’s entertainment
 TOP BEST CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

TOP BEST CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)

 HEAVY METAL

Heavy metal came out of the United Kingdom in the late 1960s and
became popular with bands such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath 

The bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound,
characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos,
emphatic beats, and overall loudness with vigorous vocals

Before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as
"metalheads" or "headbangers".

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.
 DISCO
It started in the US in the mid-1960s, and its popularity rose in the mid-1970s

Disco music can be described as a genre of music which contains the elements
of funk, soul, pop and salsa

it was popular among the American club goers especially gays, African
Americans, Latino and psychedelic communities

The term disco was coined from a French word, discotheque, which means
library of phonograph records

A characteristic of the genre is the use of flashy lights of different colors and
use of musical drama

La Donna Adrian Gaines  (Donna Summer) was also known as Queen of disco

Other artistes include; Bee Gees, the Chic, Gloria Gaynor, and Boney M.
 SOUNDTRACK
During the silent era of film (1894-1929), there was no recorded
synchronised sound in films. Instead, dialogue appeared on short title
cards between shots

A soundtrack,  can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to

the images of a motion picture, book, television program, or video game

Up until the 1950s, film music had been entirely symphonic. In the

1950s, however, Jazz opened the industry up to a vast and new world of
possibilities

The soundtrack provides instant recognition of the film. Wherever the

audience will later hear that music, they will remember the film, making
the film memorable whenever a piece of music is heard on the TV, radio or
in other films.
 INSTRUMENTAL

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics,

or singing, although it might include some inarticulate vocals,

The opposite of instrumental music, that is, music for voices alone,
without any accompaniment instruments, is a cappella, an Italian
phrase that means "in the chapel".

In a song that is otherwise sung, a section that is not sung but which

is played by instruments can be called an instrumental interlude, or, if
it occurs at the beginning of the song, before the singer starts to sing,
an instrumental introduction. If the instrumental section highlights the
skill, musicality, and often the virtuosity of a particular performer (or
group of performers), the section may be called a "solo" 
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

ELCTRONIC KEYBOARD

PIANO

RECORDER
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

CLASSICAL GUITAR

DRUMSET

ELECTRIC GUITAR
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

VIOLIN

CLARINET

SAXOPHONE
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

TRUMPET

CELLO
 IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC EDUCATION
1. Enrich life experiences.
2. Discover creative potentials.
3. Enhance visual and aural perception.
4. Utilize music as an outlet for ones feelings.
5. Gain acquaintance with music of different countries
6. Develop fellowship.
7. Develop nationalistic spirit.
8. Awaken interest of global culture.
9. Gain familiarity with the different styles of native songs,
dances, festivals, musical instruments native to the country.
10.Involve community participation for a harmonious school
community relationship
 QUALITY OF MUSIC IS SUBJECTIVE

1). I love bands that you hate, you love bands

that I hate
2). In taste, there is no right or wrong

3). Like other art, we need to have a basis for

judgement
 QUALITY OF MUSIC IS SUBJECTIVE

4). Music speaks to people in different ways

5). When you listen to music, you should try to

look at it from a holistic approach