Popular Music

• Popular music - is an example and imprecise category of modern music not defined by artistic considerations but by its potential audience or prospective market. It belongs to a variety of genres distributed to a number of audiences through the music.
• Ballad

  • A light, simple narrative poem of folk origin.
  • Composed of short stanzas and adapted for singing.
  • Typically sentimental or romantic in character.
  • Usually has 2 or more stanzas sung to the same melody
• Rock and Roll

  • Started in the 1950s.
  • Known artist: Elvis Presley (king of Rock and Roll)
  • Known rock and roll band: The Beatles.
• Alternative Music:

  • Started in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  • DIY (Do It Yourself) style of music created by different musical bands.
  • Refers to its distinction from typical rock music.
  • Expressed through distortion of guitar sounds and a defiant attitude.
• Disco Music:

  • Derived from the word “discotheque,” referring to nightclubs people frequented in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • Intended for dancing or encouraging dancing.