Period 7:
Please work on finishing your collaborative music projects today during 7th period. Presentations will be due Monday. We will present in order.
- Music of the early 20th century (1900-1920): Farhan*
- Music of the 1920's: Madison & Tali
- Music of the 1930's: Makenna & Melinda
- Music of the 1940's: A'layza & Valerie
- Music of the 1950's: Wesley & Degraj
- Music of the 1960's: Emma, Jonaya
- Music of the 1970's: Liz*
- Music of the 1980's: Bisharo & Zachariah
- Music of the 1990's: Lesana & Keniah
- Music of the Millennium (2000 to now): Tia & Aalaysia
There are many styles of music. What I'm asking you to research is to look at the MAJOR divisions or trends of that decade. Most music continually influences itself, creating convergence.
You may find the following site helpful in your research:
- Your slides should help pictorially or visually depict your topic.
- Limit # of words on a slide to 10 or fewer for full credit.
- You may have note-cards/notes with more than 10 words that you prepare for your presentation.
- Avoid reading to us. If you internally know the topic and what you're speaking about, your presentation will be more effective. The note-cards are there as a fail safe.
- Include at least 1 sound clip or video clip of no longer than 1-minute to give us a sense of the style of music you are discussing. This is, of course, more important for earlier styles of music. We are pretty much aware of what contemporary music sounds like. No need to overdo it.
- Your slide list should include:
- A title slide with your name(s)
- An overview slide to discuss the musical style(s) of your decade and its context (what's the big picture?)
- Individual slides that cover your topic in more depth (this may be where you discuss a particular influential musical artist, provide a sound clip, or explain influences)
- Some decades have a more varied style (more than one style). You should attempt to cover all the major genres of your decade.
- Remember: you are researching what was popular AT THE TIME or since, not just your personal favorite musician or musical artist!
- An MLA formatted works cited page of resources you researched and used. Remember to look for the author's name, as well as the name of the site, article, essay, etc. You may also find Google Scholar to be helpful to you as you research. Try it out here.
Period 8:
We can divide poetry into lyric poems, narrative poems, dramatic and epic poems. Lyric poems are short poems that were originally meant to be sung. Every song written by a musical artist is in some way carrying on that tradition. Here's a sample:
Ballads attempt to tell a story. They are written in quatrains (4 line stanzas). The first and third lines of each stanza usually has 8 syllables; the second and fourth lines usually have six syllables. Rhyme scheme is AABB, or ABAB, or ABCB.
Other lyric poems use rhyme, simile, metaphor, personification, imagery, alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, and other poetic devices that help create sound imagery. The most common lyric deals with the theme of love in some fashion. Take a look:
Most song lyrics utilize repetition or a refrain. The refrain repeats the "chorus" or most important line(s) in the lyric. Take a look:
Some contemporary forms blend lyric with ballad forms to create something new. Note the use of the refrain, rhyme, and ballad style (narrative story):
Highly emotional, the Blues originated from slave work songs.There are generally 3 lines per stanza in the Blues lyric form. The second line repeats the first, followed by a third line that ends the rhyme or poetic phrase.
Other lyrics:
Taking all this together, poets and musicians blend the Blues, the Ballad, the Lyric, and other forms to create what we know today as "songs". Here are some more samples:
other sample Contemporary Lyrics for those who can't be bothered by the past:
HOMEWORK: Write a lyric poem (choose Blues, Ballad, or Lyric form). Complete your presentation projects. We will begin presenting the decades (going in order) starting 8th period on Monday.
Then listen to the actual broadcast from 1938, you can find it here...Enjoy! War of the Worlds, 1938.
