unit 2 music.ppt

1、音樂,Music,Styles of Music Jazz R&B Rock Hip hop/ rap Pop Country music,JAZZ-爵士樂,Jazz is a style of music that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions.,Common Instrument: sa

2、xophone,R&B,Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s.,Rock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and a

3、lso drew on folk music, jazz and classical music.,Hip-Hop,Hip hop first emerged among young urban blacks in New York City during the late 1970s/early 1980s. By the late 1990s Hip-hop had become more popular than Rock music in America.,Country Music,originated among whites in rural areas of the south

4、ern and western U.S. most popular in the US countryside and somewhat popular in the cities but not very popular outside the US. Common themes: life in rural America, love, crime, and prison life.,Common instruments :the fiddle (violin), banjo, and slide-guitar.,Taylor Swift won four trophies at the

5、2010 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for Fearless.,Pop Music,American Music Awards,American Music Awards(全美音乐奖）, known as “alternative Grammy” ， is one of the major awards of American popular music. So far 38 sessions have been held. It has a total of 19 awards, including pop, rock, blues, country, rap, and other non-mainstream categories.,GRAMMY AWARDS（格莱美） is an annual major music awards event held by The National Academy of Re