Year 9 Music

Remote Learning Week 11

Music from 1990-2020

In this PowerPoint you will find all task information and

instructions for you to follow.

Mrs Stewart, Miss Francis and Miss Beattie

Pop and Club Music

Last week we had a look at the Beatles This week we are going to look at different types of music that have become popular from 1990- 2020.

On the next few slides we will look at different styles and you need to summarise each style on the worksheet provided or on file paper.

Over time more and more different styles of music have emerged and many of these split into subgenres. Here are some of them:

On the next few slides we will look at Subgenre of Pop and Club Music and you need to summarise each style on the worksheet provided or on file

paper.

Rock

• Alternative Rock • Alternative Metal • Grunge • Post Grunge • Indie Rock • Ska Punk • Pop Punk • Heavy Metal • Hard Rock

Pop

• Urban Pop • R & B • Urban Adult

Contemporary • Teen Pop • Boy Bands • Girl Bands • Britpop

Hip Hop

• Gangsta Rap • Grime

Club Dance

• Jungle • Drum n Bass • House • Ambient • Trance • Garage • Techno

Country Music

• Country Pop • Alt-Country • Bro-Country

On the next few slides we will look at different styles and you need to summarise each style on the worksheet provided or on file paper.

On the next few slides we will look at Subgenres of Pop and Club Music

and you need to summarise each styles on the worksheet provided or

on file paper.

• Started in the 1990s.

• Britpop bands were inspired by some of the great British bands of the 1960s including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and The Who.

• Britpop bands used traditional pop instruments, usually based on 1-2 lead guitars, bass guitar, drum kit and a vocalist.

• It had elements of glam rock, punk rock and indie rock.

• Key Britpop bands include Pulp, Blur, Oasis and Suede.

Watch the following videos: Oasis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx1Bh8ZvH84

Blur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lITzhu8raBw

Pop - Britpop

Features that makes these songs part of the Britpop genre.

Features of Britpop

Uses traditional pop instruments: • 1-2 lead guitars; • bass guitar; • drum kit; • vocalists.

Singers sing in their own British accent

No samples/sound effects

Very tuneful lyrics

Based on verse-chorus form

Lyrics based on everyday life

•Very popular in the 1990s but less popular now.

•Tended to focus on singing (rather than playing instruments).

•British and Irish groups included Boyzone, Westlife, Take That, Spice Girls, etc.

•The songs ranged from ballads to dance numbers.

•Songs were often about love.

Watch the following videos: Westlife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKPGxGCFgTs

Spice Girls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA5jsa1lR9c

Pop - Girl Bands and Boy Bands

Ballad A song that tells a story. Often slow and emotional.

Here are the main types of club dance styles that have been used since 1990:

Club Dance Music

Techno Fast, hard beat, usually 130-150bpm.

Few or no vocals.

Little or no chord movement.

Sounds mechanical and electronic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaN5V2nwyxc

Jungle Fast tempo, often around 170bpm.

Drum-based.

Short fast notes called break beats play between the main beats which can sound

militaristic.

Later known as drum ‘n’ bass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAP1wq2Ueko

Here are the main types of club dance styles that have been used since 1990:

Club Dance Music

House Around 120 bpm.

Very repetitive bass line.

Lots of drum machine sounds.

Off-beat hi-hat patterns.

Looped samples.

Synthesizer riffs.

Sometimes has vocals (or vocal samples).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avdeDtvKnVY

Garage Around 120 bpm.

Deep synthesized bass lines.

Sometimes vocal sounds are used like percussion (beatboxing).

Reverb/vocoder also sometimes used.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tttFNeDO-Ik

Here are the main types of club dance styles that have been used since 1990:

Club Dance Music

Trance Around 120-150 bpm.

Very repetitive sound.

Uses electronic sounds and lots of effects.

Builds ups layers gradually.

Slow chord changes over a fast beat.

Meant to make you feel like you’re in a trance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r3gJ50h0ko

Ambient Slow, sometimes jazzy.

Usually produces a relaxing effect.

Often atonal.

Very repetitive percussion giving a hypnotic feel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th6Jln88oco

Keyboard Piece

Continue to look at ‘With Little Help From My Friends’.

Both the copy with the letter names and the lyrics are available, use whichever one is most helpful.

See if you can play the whole way through this week.

Keyboard Piece with note names

Keyboard Piece with lyrics