Popular Musical Styles in American Culture
There are many musical styles and some are more popular than others, but what makes a music style good or bad is not necessarily popularity.
Click on the links to learn more about each musical style:
- Folk (for definition - click here)
- Hymn (Religious)
- Opera (for definition - click here)
- Classical (Symphonic)
- Military March (video link - click here)
- Broadway Musical (sample music - click here)
- Barbershop (A Cappella - click here)
- Dixieland
- Blues (Conan O'Brian sings the blues with kids - click here and here)
- Boogie Woogie (The sounds of Boogie Woogie - click here)
- Swing (Best Big Band songs - click here)
- Gospel (more - click here)
- Country and Western (CMT - TV click here, Country Music Hall of Fame - click here)
- Rhythm and Blues (R&B foundation - click here, sample - click here)
- Early Rock ‘n Roll (for definition - click here)
- Pop Rock (for definition - click here)
- Heavy Metal (Top Ten Metal bands of all time - click here)
- Reggae (Bob Marley - click here)
- Disco (to boogie down - click here)
- Rap/Hip Hop (for rap music example with clean lyrics - click here)
- Latin (listening example - click here)
- Soundtrack (listening example - click here)
- Electronic (listening example - click here)
- New Age (listening example - click here)
Download this document below
| musicstyle.pdf |