Music in the United States

1. Music in the United States By Maria Komarova

2. Contents • General information about music in the US; • Ragtime • Blues • Bluegrass • Blues-rock • Boogie-Woogie • Delta blues • Rhythm and blues • Rock and roll • Jazz • Country music • Pop music • Hip Hop • Concert venues

3. General information about music in the US A new stage in the history and the development of the culture of the American people begins after the Civil War. Work songs of blacks, blues, ragtime, jazz and so on became very popular in the USA after the liberation of blacks from slavery.

4. Ragtime • alternately spelled Ragged-time • its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918; • typical instruments: Mainly piano, sometimes banjo; Scott Joplin

5. Blues • Stylistic origins: African American folk musicWork songs; • Cultural origins: Late 19th century, southern United States; John Lomax • Typical instruments: • Guitar • Piano • Harmonica  • Drums  • Saxophone 

6. Bluegrass music • is a form of American roots music. • has roots in Scottish, English, Welsh, and Irish traditional music. • was inspired by the music of Immigrants and African-Americans, • particularly through genres such as jazz and blues. A 5-string Banjo

7. Blues-rock • is a hybrid musical genre combining blues and rock and roll styles; • electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar

8. Boogie-woogie • is a style of piano-based blues that became very popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s, • guitar and piano Colin Ross Quartet

9. Delta blues • is one of the earliest styles of blues music. • originated in the Mississippi delta (from Memphis to Vicksburg). • guitar and harmonica are the dominant instruments. Robert Leroy Johnson

10. Rhythm and blues • often abbreviated to R&B • originated in the 1940s; • Typical instruments: Bo Diddly • Drum kit • Double bass • Saxophone • Piano • Organ • Electric guitar

11. Rock and roll • (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) • originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, • Typical instruments: Electric guitar, string bass or later bass guitar, drums, piano, saxophone.

12. Jazz • is a music genre that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States; • Typical instruments: The King & Carter Jazzing Orchestra • Saxophone • Trombone  • Bass Guitar Louis Armstrong • Flute • Piano  • Double bass  • Banjo

13. Country music • country and Western; • is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains; • Typical instruments: Roy Acuff • Guitar • Fiddle • Piano • Harmonica • Drums • Mandolin • Banjo

14. Pop music • is commercially recorded music, • usually consisting of relatively short and simple love songs Tiffany Darwish Michael Jackson

15. Hip hop • originated in the working class communities of New York City, in the late 1970s; • DJ Afrika Bambaataa first outlined the four pillars of hip-hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking, graffiti writing; • RAP refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics with a strong rhythmic accompaniment"

16. Concert venues Carnegie Hall (Midtown Manhattan in New York City) Kodak Theatre (the Hollywood) Walt Disney Concert Hall (the Los Angeles Music Center)