Where did Folk Music Come From? Folk music originally came from the black slaves of America when working all day long, some of the songs we still know today, like ‘down by the riverside’. The songs were about overcoming hardships and struggle. Another song would be ‘We Shall Overcome’ which was one of the bases for Martin Luther Kings speech. There were also different types of folk music even before the American slave era, the songs based from different melodies told stories and were passed down generation by generation.
Jazz and the Blues, often referred to as just Jazz and Blues is a musical form originating from the Western Hemisphere; more specifically, New Orleans, Louisiana which can be found on the south coast of the United States of America. The location of its origin has therefore made it eligible to be considered a western style of music. This music style is heavily consisted of syncopation, improvisations and generally tends to have a steady beat or a “walking bass line”. Complex harmonics and distinctive performance techniques also play a part in defining this musical genre. New Orleans, as mentioned before is located along the coast of North America and during times of slavery it was a hub for trade of goods, services and slaves via ships.
Although bachata developed out of, and bachateros play, a variety of different rhythms, notably including merengue, the music which is specifically called bachata is a variant of the bolero. The bolero in Latin culture has traditionally been a romantic music, dealing with themes like deception and lost love. The bachatero, like the bluesman, sings about pain and trouble; one difference, though, is that while the bluesman hops on a southbound freight and keeps moving, the bachatero gets as far as the neighborhood bar and looks for solace in a bottle of rum in a dark corner! The genre has passed through several phases since José Manuel Calderon recorded what is generally recognized as the first bachata single (“Borracho de Amor” and “Que sera de mi (Condena)”) in 1961. Indeed, long before Calderon, guitar music was the music of choice in the places of ill repute which became home to bachata.
Antoine-Joseph, know as Adolphe, Sax was born in Belgium on November 6th, 1814. Sax worked with his father, Charles-Joseph Sax, who was also an instrument maker. Charles was an important figure to Adolphe has he made several changes to the design of the saxophone when Adolphe began making them. In 1841, after leaving the Royal School of Singing, where he studied flute and clarinet, Sax began to experiment with new instrument designs. Sax left Belgium and moved permanently to Paris.
The pop genre seems to be controlled by what the American artists do and thinks. The music culture is also something that has been in development for a long time. I think that one of the first genres in America was something like folk music and maybe classical, I’m not sure. Then came country, which was called hillbilly music. R&B/race-records were music only for black people and slaves.
Dance became a form of entertainment for themselves and their masters. It contained elements and music that they brought with them from Africa. In addition, African dance went on to influence many popular American dances and styles. Dances that originated in African-American communities spread first to the nation and then to the world—like the Cakewalk, Turkey Trot, Charleston, and the Lindy Hop (a.k.a. Jitterbug, Jive).
Germans came directly from the Old World to the Hill Country, Cajuns came from France and eventually through Louisiana and settled in Southeast Texas. The Dutch, Danes, Polish, Czechs, Norwegians who also came here brought with them their ways of life and they all became bound together to become part of Texas. By the year 2000, Texas was made up of 54.5% Anglos, 31% Hispanic, 11.4% African Americans and another 3.1% of other ethnicities. Much of what Texas is today is because of the people who settled her land. Crafts such as quilting and the Texas Star pattern, dance like the Cotton-Eyed Joe and even the way Texans still hunt today can be traced back to the Middle Ages.
Life was to be lived to the fullest. This was also known as the era of the "lost generations," and the "flapper" with her rolled stockings, short skirts, and straight up-and-down look. They disturbed their elders in the casino, night clubs, and speakeasies that replaced the ballrooms of prewar days. Dancing became more informal - close of the nineteenth century in the unpleasant dance halls and whorehouses of the South and Midwest where the word Jazz commonly meant sexual intercourse. Southern blacks, delivered from slavery a few decades before, started playing European music Afro modifications.
Rock & Roll history Where did this type of music come from? The rhythm of rock and rock is from Africa. The immediate origins of rock and roll lie in the late 1940s and early 1950s through a mixing together of various popular musical genres of the time. These included gospel, folk music, and the blues - particularly the electric forms being developed in Memphis, Chicago, New Orleans, Texas, California, and elsewhere - piano-based boogie woogie, and jump blues, which were collectively becoming known as rhythm and blues. Also in the melting pot creating a new musical form were country and western music (including Western swing and influences from traditional Appalachian folk music), jazz, and gospel music.
Lydia K G1 MYP MUSIC G1 JAZZ & BLUES RESEARCH TASK 1. JAZZ - Dixieland After the American Civil war ended in 1865s, lots of brass band family instruments such as trumpets, trombones were left behind by the soldiers. Then, these were found by the wandering AfricanAmericans and they taught themselves to play these instruments. They form bands and performed in funerals and processions. These bands used to be called as ‘New Orleans Jazz’.