Year 9 Music Remote Learning Week 11 Music from 1990-2020
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Year 9 Music Remote Learning Week 11 Music from 1990-2020 In this PowerPoint you will find all task information and instructions for you to follow. Mrs Stewart, Miss Francis and Miss Beattie Pop and Club Music Last week we had a look at the Beatles This week we are going to look at different types of music that have become popular from 1990- 2020. Over time more and more different styles of music have emerged and many of these split into subgenres. Here are some of them: Rock Pop Club Country Music Dance • Alternative Rock • Urban Pop • Jungle • Country Pop • Alternative Metal • R & B • Drum n Bass • Alt-Country • Grunge • Urban Adult • House • Bro-Country On• Post the Grunge next few slidesContemporary we will look at• differentAmbient styles and you need to summarise each style on the worksheet provided or on file paper. • Indie Rock • Teen Pop • Trance Hip Hop • Ska Punk • Boy Bands • Garage • Pop Punk • Girl Bands • Techno • Gangsta Rap • Heavy Metal • Britpop • Grime • Hard Rock On the next few slides we will look at Subgenre of Pop and Club Music and you need to summarise each style on the worksheet provided or on file paper. On the next few slides we will look at Subgenres of Pop and Club Music On the next few slides we will look at different styles and you need to summariseand youeach style need on the to worksheet summarise provided or oneach file paper. styles on the worksheet provided or on file paper. Pop - Britpop • Started in the 1990s. • Britpop bands were inspired by some of the great British bands of the 1960s including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and The Who. • Britpop bands used traditional pop instruments, usually based on 1-2 lead guitars, bass guitar, drum kit and a vocalist. • It had elements of glam rock, punk rock and indie rock. • Key Britpop bands include Pulp, Blur, Oasis and Suede. Watch the following videos: Oasis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx1Bh8ZvH84 Blur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lITzhu8raBw Features of Britpop Features that makes these songs part of the Britpop genre. Uses traditional pop instruments: • 1-2 lead guitars; • bass guitar; • drum kit; • vocalists. Lyrics based on everyday life No samples/sound effects Very tuneful lyrics Based on verse-chorus form Singers sing in their own British accent Pop - Girl Bands and Boy Bands •Very popular in the 1990s but less popular now. •Tended to focus on singing (rather than playing instruments). •British and Irish groups included Boyzone, Westlife, Take That, Spice Girls, etc. •The songs ranged from ballads to dance numbers. •Songs were often about love. Watch the following videos: Westlife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKPGxGCFgTs Spice Girls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA5jsa1lR9c Ballad A song that tells a story. Often slow and emotional. Club Dance Music Here are the main types of club dance styles that have been used since 1990: Techno Fast, hard beat, usually 130-150bpm. Few or no vocals. Little or no chord movement. Sounds mechanical and electronic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaN5V2nwyxc Jungle Fast tempo, often around 170bpm. Drum-based. Short fast notes called break beats play between the main beats which can sound militaristic. Later known as drum ‘n’ bass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAP1wq2Ueko Club Dance Music Here are the main types of club dance styles that have been used since 1990: House Around 120 bpm. Very repetitive bass line. Lots of drum machine sounds. Off-beat hi-hat patterns. Looped samples. Synthesizer riffs. Sometimes has vocals (or vocal samples). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avdeDtvKnVY Garage Around 120 bpm. Deep synthesized bass lines. Sometimes vocal sounds are used like percussion (beatboxing). Reverb/vocoder also sometimes used. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tttFNeDO-Ik Club Dance Music Here are the main types of club dance styles that have been used since 1990: Trance Around 120-150 bpm. Very repetitive sound. Uses electronic sounds and lots of effects. Builds ups layers gradually. Slow chord changes over a fast beat. Meant to make you feel like you’re in a trance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r3gJ50h0ko Ambient Slow, sometimes jazzy. Usually produces a relaxing effect. Often atonal. Very repetitive percussion giving a hypnotic feel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th6Jln88oco Keyboard Piece Continue to look at ‘With Little Help From My Friends’. Both the copy with the letter names and the lyrics are available, use whichever one is most helpful. See if you can play the whole way through this week. Keyboard Piece with note names Keyboard Piece with lyrics .