First entry Activity

Your magazine Music Wiki

The students will search for information about their favorite music genre and the biggest exponent of this genre, relying their research on books, blogs, websites, archives, and Provide general information about what students will do during their campus and online work

CONTENTS: Contemporary Music Content Clasical Music Content Baroque Music Content

ACTIVITIES

Part 2

Matching

You will get 10 examples of artist of various genres of American popular music. You will have to decide what genre of music they perform. Let’s decide what style these performers are

Louis Armstrong                                                              Classic Rock

The Beatles                                                                       Latin Pop

Johnny Cash                                                                      Blues

Shakira                                                                               Jazz

Bob Marley                                                                       Indie Rock

The Doors                                                                          Country                                                                 

Lenny Kravitz                                                                    Rock

Café Tacuba                                                                      Reggae

Norah Jones                                                                     Modern

                                                

3. Part 3 Vocabulary

This will be a matching section. Link the following terms and definitions.

Alternative music is music that exemplifies and _______________ approach to a traditional genre or style.

Cover is a version of a popular song by a performer other than the _______________  artist.

Def jam is slang for a _______________ song.

 Distortion is altering the _______________signal, such as from electric guitar to create a raw and unclear pitch.

 Falsetto in men is called the _______________ voice.

Fusion is to _______________ contrasting styles into a new unique style.

Improvisation is on the spot _______________ of melody, rhythm and chords.

 A jazz standard is a well-known and often played _______________ tune,

Rap is speaking in _______________ over a beat.

Sampler records and plays back ambient sound, often on _______________ pitches

Scratching is manually moving a _______________ back and forth to create a specific sound effect.

Sequencer automates the control MIDI equipment.

Stride Piano is a style of piano playing in which the left _______________ moves each beat.

Sound Module is hardware that contains _______________ and sampled sound on a hard drive or memory chip.

Timbre is the _______________ sound of an instrument or voice.

Vibrato is a slight rapid _______________ in pitch.

Original           great                  electric                 record         different Variations        Unconventional         Variations         Electric            Combine Synthesized          Wavering           Jazz               hand           Unique          Record

Beethoven’s Reading

1.       Who was born in 1770 in the city of Bonn, Germany?

2.       What is that area of Germany often referred to as?

3.       What did his father and Grandfather do?

4.       At age 11, What was his job?

5.       At Age 12, What was his job?

6.       Who said this about Beethoven: Keep an eye on him, he will make a noise in the world someday?

7.       Why did Haydn not particularly care for Beethoven?

8.       What development during Beethoven’s life enabled his music to be performed and heard through Europe?

9.       When Beethoven was in his late twenties, what dreadful curse affected him?

1      Following Beethoven’s death why did composers still look to his compositions?