Conventions of Pop

• Artists

  • 1960s: The Beach Boys
  • 1950s-1960s: The Beach Boys, Elvis, The Beatles, Little Richard
  • 1970s-1980s: Queen, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC
  • 1980s-1990s: Elton John, Bette Midler, Take That
  • 1990s-present: Adele, Drake, George Ezra, Ed Sherran
• Pop music


  An umbrella term for a huge range of musical styles
• The term 'pop music' is simply short for 'popular music'
• Accompaniment styles


  • Block chords
  • Broken chords
  • Staccato/Legato
  • Vamping