POPULAR MUSIC

Remember...

– Cultured Music is written, theorical, it requires years of

study to be performed, is led to an specific public...

On the contrary...

– Popular Music: is aimed at all audiences, has a comercial

purpose, musicians are often not professionals, is not

written...

we distinguish two

types of popular

music....

Depending on the

FUNCTION of the

music,

1) Traditional/Folkloric Music

● It has a SOCIAL function, because is

performed at the important events in

the community. – 'Canciones de trabajo'

● Panaderas de Zamora

● Canciones de la mina

– 'Canciones de juego'

● Al corro de la patata

– 'Canciones de cortejo'

– Etc.

● It has a COMMERCIAL function,

because it is made to be consumed

for a public.

1) Urban music

Other differences between

Traditional Music and Urban Music

are...

Traditional

Urban

The author is unknown, Written and sung

is performed by amateur by 'professional

musicians‘ musicians.

Is spread mouth by mouth Is spread by the

media

TRADITIONAL /

FOLKLORIC

MUSIC

Ethimology

The word FOLKLORE comes from the english

words:

– Folk: people (pueblo)

– Lore: knowledge (conocimiento)

– *This word appears in the XIXth century, when

the interest for the popular traditions appears.

Ethnomusicology

● Musicology: Science that studies the

music

– Ethnomusicology: Part of the

musicology dedicated to the traditional

music

Thus, every country has its

own folklore, but we are

going to study the Spanish

Folklore.

Traditional music in Spain is huge.

We have lots of musical forms...

– extended through the whole country,

ROMANCE

JOTA

– and others typical from each community.

Muñeira (Galicia)

Sardana (Cataluña)

Danza Prima (Asturias)

Seguidillas Sevillanas

Etc...

ROMANCE

Lyric: Narrative song telling historic

episodes, love stories or social events.

Romance del Conde Olinos

Music: Strophic song, that repeats an only

Theme (melody).

JOTA

● Although the most famous jotas are from Aragón y

Navarra, we can find many kinds of jotas in all

the regions.

● 'Jota' comes from 'Xotar' (saltar)

The Jota is a song to dance in a ternary rhythm with instrumental accompainment, usually performed in a fast tempo.

● Acitivity 1:

Ask your parents, grandparents, neighbours... about traditional songs.

-1º)Prepair a small questionary:

- About the interviewed: name, age, profession

- About the song: title, how did he/she know about it, function and way to sing it (with dance, with instruments...)

-2º)Ask the person to sing the song and record it

-3º)Select three recordings and make an exposition to your class.

Folkloric Instruments

Many instruments come from other cultures

and are then accepted in the cultured music:

– Guitar, Lute, Rabel... come from the arabic music.

Sometimes, the people take the objects from

the cotidian life:

– Pan, bottles, mortero...

We can see some of these instruments in the

'tuna' (click on the picture)

● Activity 2:

● Make a work, in pairs, with pictures and music

about the folklore from one part of Spain,

including information about the music, dances,

instruments, main festivities and typical

dresses.

Urban Music

In the Xxth century, two big musical movements

will change the music tradition:

● Jazz, in the 1st half of the century

● Rock, in the 2nd half.

Both originated from the BLUES

BLUES

Is a melancholic character style of Song ('blue' means sad).

It originated from the

union of black slaves songs

from the Mississippi...

...and the european

harmonic tradition

*Watch the beginning of Feel Like Going Home, by Scorsese

The Blues has a 12 bar structure (with the basic

chords on I,IV and V) that will be the base for

Rock & Roll.

JAZZ

Is an style based on the improvisation.

Is influenced by the syncopated rhythms of the ragtime and uses the militar bands wind

instruments.

*A short documentary about the Jazz origins

Rock & Roll

It originated from the mix of Blues, Country,

Electric guitar and Drums.

It appeared in 1954 withthe song Rock around the clock.

Elvis Chuck Berry Jerry

Lee Lewis

*One of the best movies about rock is Great Balls of Fire

Soul Is the black vocal music

Aretha Franklin

Ray Charles

Other movies:

● Cadillac Records

● The Supremes

FOLK

The american folk comes from the Blues and

often uses the harmonic and the guitar.

One type of american folk is the Country, that has

irish influence.

POP

Melodic lines from Folk

+

Electric guitar from Rock

ROCK

Critical lyrics

+

Distorted guitars

Other styles born from Pop, Rock

and technologies are

Heavy Metal Punk

*Heavy metal develops in many styles

* Punk presents very critical lyrics and a very simple melodies and

harmonies, with fast rhythms.

Grunge Hip hop

*Kurt Cobain, from Nirvana, became an icon for his generation.

*Hip Hop is not only a music, is an urban style (rap, breakdance, graffiti)

Electronic Music

The appearance of the synthesizers, the beat

boxes and the samplings from funk songs

resulted in several styles like electro-funk and

techno.

One of the first groups were Kraftwerk and Afrika Bambata