The document discusses different types of folk and popular music styles including country and western music, ballads, blues ballads, pop and jazz ballads, and pop and rock ballads. Country and western music originated in the southern United States and reflects people's lives and local settings. Ballads originated as folk songs dealing with love and became popular love songs in the 19th century. Blues ballads developed from Anglo-American and Afro-American styles in the 19th century. The document also lists several influential composers in pop, jazz, and ballad styles like George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Duke Ellington.
3. DEFINITON :
Traditionally folk music refers to melody and songs of
the common people that are handed down from one
generation to the next. It can express political or
religious beliefs. In the and 70s folk music was
combined with elements of rock to express the social
and political concerns of the youth of that era.
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7. COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC IS BLEND OF A
POPULAR MUSICAL FORM ORIGINALLY FOUND
IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATE, THE TERM OF
COUNTRY MUSIC BEGAN TO BE USE IN THE 1940
COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC REFLECTS THE
PEOPLES LIFE EXPERIENCES AND LOCAL
SETTINGS COMBINING THE IDEAS OF A
PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY WITH NOSTALGIA THE
THEME OF THE SONGS CAPTURE THE ROMANTIC
IMAGERY OF THE AMERICAN COWBOY
DEPICTING HEROIC DEEDS NATURE,
8. THERE ARE A LOT OF ARTIST
KNOWN USING COUNTRY MUSIC
JIMS REEVES TAYLOR SWIFT KELLY ROGER AND DOLLY PORT
9. BALLADS
THE BALLADS ORIGINATED AS AN EXPRESSIVE
FOLK SONG IN NARRATIVE VERSE WITH TEXT
DEALING TYPICALLY WITH LOVE
IT BECAME A SLOW POPULAR LOVE SONG IN THE
19TH CENTUARY TODAY, THE TERM BALLAD
REFERS TO A LOVE SONG IN A SLIGHTLY POP OR
ROCK STYLE
10. BLUE BALLADS
THIS IS A FUNCTION OF A ANGLO-AMERICA AND
AFRO-AMERICAN STYLE FROM THE 19CENTUARY
THAT OFTEN DEALS WITH ANTI-HEROES
RESISTING AUTHORITY.
11. POP STANDARD AND JAZZ BALLADS
THIS IS BLUES STYLE BULT FROM A SINGLE VERSE
OF 16 BARS ENDING THE DOMINANT OF HALF
CADENCE
15. POP AND ROCK BALLADS
A POP AND ROCK BALLAD IS AN EMOTIONAL
LOVE SONG WITH SUGGESTION OF FOLK MUSIC
AS IN THE BEATLE’S COMPOSITION
THIS STYLE IS SOMETIMES APPLIED TO STROPHIC
( REPEATING-VERSE ) STORY-SONGS,SUCH AS
DON MC LEAN’S AMERICAN PIE
