European civilization has left great literary works and rich musical documents to the world. There, there are various concert halls and opera houses, the footprints left by musicians from all over the world, and countless music performance groups. The air of Europe is filled with the flavor of music. For music lovers, the most attractive things about Europe are the colorful folk songs and dances and the long and mellow classical music. At present, more and more high school students are fond of European and American nostalgic songs. Through our research this time, our horizons have indeed expanded a lot.
European and American nostalgic songs seem to follow you like a shadow, almost integrated into the blood. Inadvertently or inadvertently, you can always find your own voice: the tranquility of the mountains and flowing water, the leisurely singing of birds in the empty mountains, and the attachment of the flowers and moon on the spring river. ... European and American nostalgic songs are the cleanest and most transparent. They have mysterious meanings, are free from traces, have no shackles, no desires and no demands.
The benefits of European and American nostalgic songs for high school students:
1. European and American nostalgic songs can cultivate sentiments and cultivate the mind: European and American nostalgic songs make us better able to listen to what we are thinking, It will make you happy; it can also relax us and give us a comfortable feeling; when you are in a bad mood, listen to European and American nostalgic songs, which will make you feel relaxed and happy;
2. European and American nostalgic songs It can convey the feelings between people, increase communication between people, express feelings, eliminate worries, and cultivate our artistic cells. Good songs can inspire us to move forward bravely!
3. The unique melodies and rhythms of some European and American nostalgic songs can lower people's blood pressure, slow down their basal metabolism and breathing speed, and make people's physiological reactions when they are stressed more mild.
4. Some European and American nostalgic songs have active and positive functions. They are ways to improve creativity, thinking, make the right brain flexible, and can guide important alpha brain waves. The unique rhythm and melody of music can rest the left brain, which is more commonly used in our daily life, and is responsible for language, analysis, and reasoning. In contrast, it stimulates the right brain, which is responsible for emotions, creativity, and imagination. The improvement of potential abilities such as creativity and information absorption has a strong effect.
5. There are also some European and American nostalgic songs that can be used to promote people’s sleep. For some high school students with insomnia, these songs are just the thing to help them.
In short, European and American nostalgic songs are easy to penetrate people's hearts and influence people quickly. They play with people's souls and bring us the enjoyment of beauty.
Tin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley is a place name located on 28th Street in New York (between Fifth Avenue and Broadway). Since the end of the 19th century, many music publishing companies have concentrated there, and each company has song salesmen who play the piano all day long to attract customers. Because the piano was overused, the sound became tired, like hitting an iron plate, so some people jokingly called this place "Ding Bang Alley" (or translated as "Tingpan Alley"). Ding Bang Alley is not only a pop music publishing center, but also a symbol of an era and a style in the history of pop music. It lasted for almost half a century.
Ding Bang Alley songs were generally written by white professional composers. The styles of different authors in different periods are different, but they have many similarities. Judging from the content, it is mainly about love, full of romantic sentiment, or slightly nostalgic and sad, or more cheerful and funny. No matter what happens at home and abroad, it is rarely reflected in the songs of Ding Bang Alley. It mainly expresses the sunny side of life, as if Americans are enjoying life carefree; from the perspective of expression, singing melody, uncomplicated rhythm, natural sound system harmony (sometimes there are also changes in chords) and modulations between phrases), most of which adopt the form of "Verse-Chorus" (i.e. verse plus chorus) (Example 18). Ding Bang Alley songs are usually sung according to score by professional singers who pay attention to vocal skills and are accompanied by a band or small choir. String groups are often used as background sounds of the accompaniment. For example, the famous pop singers at that time, Bing Crosby (1904-1977) and Frank Sinatra (1915-1997), mainly sang Ding Bang Alley songs. The popularity of Ding Bang Alley songs was mainly among white people in the city, and rarely extended to black people or lower-class people. The emergence of rock music in the 1950s challenged the status of traditional jingle alley songs in pop music as a whole.
Jazz (Jazz) Jazz (Jazz), with its dynamic syncopated rhythm, unique jazz syllables and unstructured improvisation (or singing), has won the love of the majority of audiences, and has also been favored by people from all walks of life in the music field. recognition. It is based on blues and ragtime. After a full century of development, it is now colorful and in full bloom.
Jazz was gradually formed by improvising in the form of a small wind band based on blues and ragtime, incorporating certain white musical elements.
Blues was produced in the 1890s. At the beginning, we talked about the inseparable origins of jazz and blues. That is because part of jazz is based on blues music, and some jazz is directly transformed from blues music. They use the song structure of traditional blues music. , also known as twelve-bar blues.
"Blues" has multiple meanings. In addition to music type, it can also be used as a situational adjective. Usually when people see this word, they often immediately think of melancholy and sadness, which are the basic qualities of blues music.
Blues music originated in the late 19th century (since 1890). The music content is a mixture of African field shouts and Christian hymns. The reason for its creation can be said to be to express the singer's personal emotions, or even to be a portrayal of the early life of black people. In the movie "The Color Purple", we saw two black people working vigorously and singing along to the rhythm. That was the original work song (work son), which can also be said to be the predecessor of blues music. This is This kind of music sounds very melancholic, and this way of expressing inner thoughts directly through songs is completely different from the music of the white society at that time, and became the center of jazz and rock music.
Jazz is the birthplace of jazz. New Orleans (New Orleans) generally believes that New Orleans jazz appeared in the 1890s, but the first jazz record in history was released in 1917 by the "Original Dixieland Jazz Band" in New Orleans. Recorded in Orleans. Therefore, we will never know the characteristics of jazz before 1917, but according to the music score records and photographic evidence at that time, the speed of early jazz was roughly between medium and fast. The first time I came into contact with jazz The feeling for this music is vibrant and exciting.
Another characteristic of early New Orleans jazz, perhaps the most important, was the spontaneous surrender of the group to each other. and collaboration, limited only by the structure of chord progressions. What's most fascinating about this kind of playing is that the band members are both competitive and cooperative, both valuing and blind to the constraints imposed on them. This new sound would have struck any listener in the early 20th century. You can tell by listening that this is "jazz". Country Music appeared in the 1920s. It originated from folk music in the agricultural areas of the southern United States and was first influenced by traditional British folk songs. And developed. The earliest country music is traditional mountain music (Hillbiy Music). It has simple tunes, smooth rhythm and narrative. Different from the sad pop songs in the city, it has a strong local flavor. .
Mountain music began to merge into the mainstream of American pop music, and the first batch of country singers emerged, such as Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933) who combined blues and white mountain songs (Yodes). ) and folk (Folk) and other music styles, he is considered the founder of country music, and is known as the "King of Country Music"
"The Caner family" (The Caner family, composed of. AJvin Carter (1891-1960, a trio with his wife and sister-in-law) won the hearts of listeners with a comfortable, harmonious style and focus on themes such as home, God and faith. "For such artists, singing is just an amateur way of making a living.
But in the initial stage of country music, they did make a huge contribution to the development of country music, and at the same time left precious recording materials for early country music.
Many country musicians have made contributions to bringing country music out of the South or Midwest. Among them, Hank Williams has made the greatest contribution. Williams' most famous representative work "Assorted Vegetables" (Jambalaya) has become a well-known classic song in the world.
In the 1990s, country music can be said to have completely integrated into the mainstream of pop music. Of course, in the process, its pop color became stronger. By the end of the 20th century, there was almost no kind of music that did not have a pop color, otherwise it would be regarded as "alien". Another feature is that it has become a very common phenomenon for singers and their songs to win awards across charts, and few people stick to one position. This is the result of commercial speculation. Economic leverage is playing a regulating role. People are willing to bend their waists for five buckets of rice, so following the trend has become fashionable. Country music in the 1990s also became more and more global, which is related to economic globalization. The world has become a global village, and it is normal to "walk in and visit each other". Country music is no longer exclusive to the United States. It can be heard in every corner of the world, but it has less original flavor and more sense of the times. This brand-new country music has become the unique accent of villagers around the world. There is no doubt that most of the singers of this period span centuries. They are young, full of hope and are the pioneers of the new century. Hip Hop Hip-Hop is a general term for street culture composed of multiple elements, including music, dance, rap, DJ technology, clothing, graffiti, etc. At the beginning, Hip-Hop culture consisted of four major elements: DJ, MC, StreetDance, and Graffiti. The Hip-Hop of this period is called Old School Hip-Hop.
When Hip-Hop became popular in the 1990s, many different styles emerged in the New School era. Hip-Hop is not only the music produced in the urban black slums, but has also become the voice representing the urban black poor. Rap musicians began describing the hardships of their lives or the lives of those around them.
The term "Hip-Hop" is an emerging category of music genre. Since its emergence and development to this day, it has not only represented a single music category. Hip-Hop was coined at the turn of the century in 2000. , has developed into a synonym for an emerging lifestyle, including: music, clothing and behavior. It’s called street culture! In the entire Hip-Hop culture, clothing is the most outstanding part. Typical attire includes: wide T-shirts with exaggerated logos, equally wide and floppy board pants or sports pants with side zippers, basketball shoes or sneakers, golf hats or baseball caps, and bags of various styles. The headscarf and hair are dyed and permed in different styles or braided. The corresponding accessories include: tattoos, silver earrings or nose rings, sunglasses, MD Walkman or MP3, skateboards, backpacks, etc. These sporadic pieces of clothing are put together to form the Hip-Hop fashion that has been popular in the United States for 20 years. Hip-Hop is street culture and an attitude towards life. He has a close relationship with extreme sports such as skateboarding and BMX, which are also part of street culture.
The Hip-Hop family has a very different way of behaving. Even if you don’t know each other, you can accurately judge it from his appearance. Hip-Hop is already twenty years old! From the early 1980s to the second millennium AD, from Old school to New school, from no one liking to scratch records to everyone going crazy for street music, the impact this culture has brought to the world has exceeded people's imagination. Over the past two decades, Hip-Hop culture has taken root in the United States, successfully combining entertainment, business, music and even politics. It is an independent and colorful group consciousness. It is a solid and irreplaceable cultural form. It is not just what we often call "black music", nor is it just shouting "Check it out" with hand gestures. It’s not just pop singers who play the blues. Hip-Hop culture is Hip-Hop culture, which has the same personality and emotions as human beings.
Rap: The word rap (sometimes translated as "Rep" or "Lepp") originally means the black slang equivalent of talking (Talking) or chatting (Chatting).
As a form of popular music, it originated in the poor black residential areas of New York in the late 1970s. The main feature is to recite a series of rhyming words quickly against the background of mechanical rhythm. From a musical point of view, its music is relatively simple, with a lot of repetitions, mostly no melody, only bass lines and powerful rhythms. One of its sources is that the DJ (record player) at a disco ball introduces the record and follows the dance rhythm. Inserted to speak plainly. James Brown is often considered one of the pioneers of rap music due to his half-talking, half-singing style. Rap music became popular after the mid-1980s. Since then, it has been active in the music scene in the form of underground music. In 1986, Run-D.M.C.'s album "Raising Hell" won the number one spot, indicating that rap had achieved commercial success and had a national impact.
Rap music can be roughly divided into two types in form. One is rebellious, such as "Public Enimy", which is sometimes called "Public Enimy" because it often adopts challenging postures. "Gangster Rap", therefore, this type of songs often cause social controversy, so it is difficult to enter the rankings; the other is a mild type, such as songs sung by M·C Hammer. M. C. Hammer was born in Oakland, California, a drug-infested and violent place. Many of his early friends were involved in the drug smuggling business, and some of them became rich and some went to jail. He recognized that young people must meet upright people and choose the right path. His rap music is against drug abuse and violence, and speaks positively to the young black generation. As a result, he achieved great success in business.
Music types (subcategories) belonging to Hip Hop & Rap
Alternative hip hop (alternative rock) Crunk Dirty rap/Pornocore (dirty rap) West Coast hip hop (West Coast hip hop ) East Coast hip hop Latin rap Crunk Political hip hop Turntablism Chicano raprap G-funk Rock Music In the early 1950s, a tripartite phenomenon emerged in the American pop music market. The music that black people appreciate is basically rhythm and blues, while white people above the middle class hear jingle bang alley songs, while rural listeners in the Midwest like country music related to rural life. However, by the mid-1950s (about 1954-1956), two obvious phenomena appeared in the record market, namely "market crossover" and the emergence of "cover versions".
"Market crossover" means that a record originally released in one market also achieves good performance in another market. For example, some songs are at the top of the R&B sales chart and are also popular on the Pop (referring to the popular songs at the time, a continuation of the Ding Bang Alley songs) charts. Seeing this lucrative market crossover, some major record labels were quick to create their own versions of popular R&B songs, resulting in a plethora of "covers". At this time, the wall in the middle of the three markets that were originally separated suddenly collapsed, and a new style of music - rock music - was born in the ruins.
In the early days of rock music (from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s), rock music grew rapidly from a toddler who had just learned to walk, making the rock music scene prosperous. First, the two pioneers made a more complete positioning for the concept of rock music. Bill Haley (1925-1981) was the first rock music idol worshiped by teenagers and is known as the "Father of Rock and Roll".
His music style involves country music, rhythm and blues and pop, which also illustrates the three sources of rock music in the mid-1950s. As one of the pioneers of rock music, Bill Haley played an indelible role in the birth of rock music.
Early rock and roll singers include Presley, Berry, Domino, Liufus, Everly Brothers, etc. In 1964, the British band "The Beatles" (also translated as "The Beatles" by some) visited the United States for the first time and caused a fanatical response. The main content of their singing is to express love, but also has anti-war and anti-violence content. At that time, there was a wave of anti-Vietnam War and anti-racial discrimination in the United States. Rock music played a big role in this wave. There were few Americans who grew up in the 1960s who were not connected with rock music. The sound of rock music has influenced the artistic taste of modern Americans. Famous rock bands formed in the United States from the 1970s to the 1980s include punk, Rolling Stones, Thor, heavy metal, rap, pop, etc.
The most glorious page in the history of rock music is the live broadcast of the disaster relief benefit concert held simultaneously at London's Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia's Kennedy Stadium on July 13, 1985, and broadcast to the world, with an audience of more than 1 . 500 million people. More than 80 top-notch rock bands took the stage to raise funds for Africa, which is suffering from severe famine. This unprecedented charity performance not only found a new and extremely spectacular expression for rock music, but also gave it global significance.
Music types (subcategories) belonging to rock music
Alternative rock (alternative rock) - Art rock (art rock) - Beat music (anti-drug music) - Christian rock (Christian rock) - Desert rock - Detroit rock - Experimental rock - Garage rock - Girl group - Glam rock - Group Sounds - Grunge (grunge) - Hard rock (hard rock) - Heartland rock (heartland rock) - Heavy meta (heavy metal) l - Instrumental rock (instrumental rock) - Indie rock (indie rock) - Jangle pop (quarrel pop) - Krautrock - Madcheste (r Manchester City Fever) - Post-Britpop (Post-British Rock) - Power Pop (Power Pop) - Progressive Rock (Progressive Rock) - Protopunk - Psychedelia (Psychedelic) - Punk Rock (Punk Rock) - Rock noir - Soft rock (slow rock) - Southern rock (Southern rock) - Surf (surf) - Symphonic rock (symphonic rock) -
Fusion type
Aboriginal rock (Aboriginal rock) - Afro-rock -Pop rock - Anatolian rock - Bhangra rock - Blues-rock - Country rock - Flamenco-rock - Folk rock (folk rock) - Glam Punk - Indo-rock - Industrial rock - Punk rock (punk rock) - Jazz fusion (jazz fusion) - Punta rock - Raga rock (reggae rock) - Ra? rock - Rap rock (rap rock) - Rockabilly - Rockoson - Samba-rock - Space rock - Stoner rock - Sufi rock Latin Music So-called Latin Music ( Latin Music) refers to the popular music in Latin America from the Rio Grande at the junction of the United States and Mexico to the southernmost tip of Cape Horn.
Latin America is a multi-ethnic group. Therefore, Latin music is a diversified hybrid music formed by the fusion of many kinds of music. Whether it is white music in Europe, black music in Africa, Indian music in the Americas, or even Asian music in the East, they have all made different contributions to Latin music. After a long period of precipitation, on the basis of European culture as the main body, they also absorbed a large number of various factors from Indian culture and African black culture, and gradually formed a colorful, vibrant and dynamic Latin culture. . Among many countries in Latin America, Latin music, led by Brazil and Cuba, is at the forefront of world pop music.
Latin music has attracted much attention from the world music scene with its unique rhythmic dynamics and long-standing cultural background, and Latin musicians are emerging in endlessly.
Stars such as Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, and Enrique Iglesias who have appeared in the pop music scene in recent years are all representatives of the new generation of Latin music with great personality. .
Popular music culture in today’s world comes from the fertile soil of people’s lives and is closely related to people’s joys and sorrows. It is a diversified combination of the world, with different genres, different styles, Different singing forms are accepted by people and have developed into an indispensable and necessary music culture package for international music culture. The development of popular music culture is not isolated, it is a manifestation of group consciousness. It has irreplaceable unique charm and is the crystallization of multiple cultures.
"King of Pop" Michael Jackson's song "Whatever Happens" is also a Latin-style song.