Styles Influencing Styles

1. Styles Influencing Styles

2. Style Influencing Styles • Music has a good deal of influence on itself • Sometimes from culture to culture and sometimes from style to style. • The blending of styles is very significant and allows music to grow and evolve.

3. The First Examples • Folk to Classical: • Classical composers have frequently used folk songs as a source of inspiration for their compositions. • Edvard Grieg- one of the first composers to use this rhythmic and melodic flavor of folk songs in his compositions.

4. Louis Moreau Gottschalk • 1stsolo musician from America to become world renowned • Born in New Orleans • 1st nationalistic composer

5. Nationalistic • A lot of composers during the late 1800’s and throughout the 1900’s were considered “nationalistic”. • Nationalistic- music deliberately reflecting and asserting ones culture

6. Pentatonic Scales • Gottschalk used these scales to add folklike flavorrather than just using major scales. • Pentatonic scale- any scale that is made up of 5 tones within the octave

7. Jazz to Classical • Classical music has also been influenced by Jazz, especially during the twentieth century. • Jazz was making its way around the world during this time growing popularity in France.

8. Claude Debussy • French composer 1862-1918 • Credited for being the creator of the musical style known as Impressionism • Exploring new avenues of harmony, timbres and texture he prepared the world for modern improvisation.

9. Classical to Pop • Classical melodies are often popularized • Whole Broadway shows have been created by these means as well • Jazz musicians often base their improvisations on themes of other composers • Ex. John Lewis- once recorded an entire album based on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach • Listen to “One Diamond”- Identify when the styles change

10. Influences from one culture to another • Culture is everywhere today and is usually shared in music • American popular music encircles the world • Process in anthropology called acculturation- the mutual influence of different cultures in close contact

11. Crossover • The merging of styles • Not usually total or exclusive • Sharing musical ideas across cultures happens in many ways • This is how new styles of music are formed

12. Protest Songs • Protesting through music or artistic expression has been around for a long time. • Music has played the most pivotal role in issues all over culture and politics. • South Africa is well known for its powerful messages in their music to fight back at their government

13. Africa to America • West African music has had an enormous impact on our popular musical styles • Leader and chorus (also called call and response) • Repetition • Emphasis on percussion sounds • Highly developed improvisation • Time Line- basic rhythmic pattern that provides the foundation for the complex rhythms played by multiple drums

14. George Gershwin • American composer- 1898-1937 • Extended the borders of musical style • Created a hybrid of musical communication that combined elements of both classical and popular music. • Wanted to show people that Jazz music was just as respectable as classical music.

15. Today • Composers and performers continue to mix and merge different styles • Why?- Musicians are fascinated with new sounds that they hear and is one of the main ways in which music can evolve. • Good musicians look at different styles as opportunities rather than barriers

16. Style Activity Questions • Answer in complete sentences: • 1. How does music benefit from the crossover and mixing of styles? • 2. Why might following a trend especially in popular music be harmful? • 3. What style of music do you like and does the way you dress and carry yourself reflect the music that you listen to? • 4. In your opinion how much does music influence fashion or the way people dress or vice versa? • 5. Can you sometimes tell what type of music people listen to by the clothes they wear?