MUSIC | 3RD Q | Popular Music

• Popular music is defined as "any commercially oriented music principally intended to be received and appreciated by a wide audience in literate technology advanced societies dominated by urban culture"
• Popular music may be compared to folk music in the sense that it is widely accepted
• The major difference of popular music ad folk music is in the mode of transmission.
• Folk music is passed on from one group or generation to the next through oral tradition.
• Popular music dissemination is through different modes of technology
• The audience of popular music expanded after the 1920s because of technological developments
• A popular song usually has a hook, a short musical idea that the listeners easily remembers.
• The most common structure or form of a popular song would have sections called verse, refrain, and /or chorus.
• A bridge, a new sounding section is added towards the end of the piece in preparation for the highlight or modulation leading to the end of the song.
• Ballad in popular music take different forms-as sentimental, rock, or pop
• This type of popular music discuses the topics of romance and relationships

  Ballad
• A ballad may also talk of any aspects of popular culture and day-to-day life of a person
• Ballad is usually sung with a slow tempo, the treatment of which would differ, depending on whether it is pop, rock, or alternative
• Standards in popular music are those that were recorded before the rock and roll years.
• any piece of pop music, which has become part of mainstream pop culture, may be considered as a standard.
• In the United States, this period pertains mainly to the 1940s and 1950s, during the time of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, and Ella Fitzgerald. Likewise, the music of Barbara Streisand, Johnny Mathis, and Liza Minnelli are considered standards today.
• OPM - Original Pilipino Music
• Freddie Aguilar, Sharon Cuneta, Celeste Legaspi, and APO Hiking Society what type of popular music do they belong in?

  Standard
• Rock and roll is another American "born" popular music style.
• Rock and roll is described as a combination of country music and rhythm and blues (RnB).
• This was the start of a style of popular music that was acceptable for both black and white teenagers

  Rock and Roll
• In 1954, Elvis Presley entered the entertainment scene, eventually epitomizing American rock and roll. 
• rock and roll was a euphemism for sex
• rock and roll is characterized by electronically amplified instrumentation, heavily accented beats, and simple phrase structure
• Disco is a dance genre of popular music.
• Disco appeared in the mid-1970s and soared in popularity until the 1980s.
• Initially, disco music was heard inside clubs and dance houses, and then eventually it was heard in mainstream popular music, radio, television, and film.
• Disco music is characterized by syncopated electric bass lines and use of synthesizers.
• popular stars of disco are Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, KC and The Sunshine Band, and the Bee Gees.
• Alternative music is a genre of popular music that began with the underground independent music scene of the 1980s, eventually hitting the mainstream in the 1990s.
• Originally, alternative music bands go against the principle of commercialism of mainstream culture.
• Alternative music genre is characterized by the extensive use of guitars, power chords, riffs, and effects.
• Lyrics used in alternative music would talk about social concerns such as depression, suicide, and drug use.
• It appeared in the mid-1970s and soared in popularity until the 1980s

  Disco
• Bands such as R.E.M and Nirvana represent this genre of music

  Alternative music