Genres of Music

The goal of this WebQuest is to help students with their project about music. There are some texts in the task that can provide students with useful information.

Introduction

Congratulations class! You will make a WebQuest. It` s a new type of activity for you. How are you going to do it? With pair work! In pairs, you will become experts in such genres of music as soul, jazz and rock!

For this WebQuest, you will complete the following tasks:

1. You will revise music vocabulary.

2. You will learn about jazz, soul and rock music.

3. You will revise how to use comparative and superlative forms of adjective.

4. You will revise how to use Past Simple.

Copy the questions on your notebook and answer them.

                                                    Let`s Get Started!

Step 1

Warm up! Take this quiz.

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Write down your score.

Step 2

Explore soul music!

Check if you know these words:

soul [soʊl] - соул, музыкальный жанр (анг. soul - душа);

church  [tʃɜːrtʃ] - церковь, церковная (музыка);

gospel [ˈɡɒsp(ə)l] - госпел, жанр духовной христианской музыки в США.

slavery  [ˈsleɪv(ə)ri] - рабство;

rhythm  [ˈrɪð(ə)m] - ритм;

secular  [ˈsɛkjʊlə] - светский

racism  [ˈreɪsɪz(ə)m]  - расизм;

murdered [ˈmɜːdəd] - убит.

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of adjectives.

Soul music is one of 1) the most popular\popularest genre of African American music. This genre created some other musical types such as funk and dance music. It developed in the USA in the late 1950s from African American church music called "gospel music". After slavery ended in 1865, African Americans were not welcome in the churches of white Americans, so they built their own churches and sang Christian songs with African-American vocal styles and rhythms. They sang 2) more optimistic\optimisticer gospel songs while clapping and moving to the rhythm. They sang 3) more slow\slower gospel songs that expressed deep feelings like praying for God's love. These two styles led to the style of soul music.

EARLY SOUL MUSIC

The first soul songs were created when gospel songs were changed into secular songs by writing new lyrics. Gospel songs turned into soul songs about romantic love. An example of such a song is the song “I've Got a Woman“ by Ray Charles. Ray Charles is one of 4) the most popular\populiarest soul musicians ever. This song is a secular version of the old gospel song I've Got a Savior (Я узрел Спасителя). Another example of the style of soul is the song “Please, Please, Please“ composed by James Brown in 1956. He turned a gospel song about praying for God's love into a song about asking for a girl's love.

However, there were songs not only about romance. Some lyrics were about 5) siriouser\more serious topics such as rasicm.

Sam Cooke was one of 6) the most talented\talentest songwriters. Sam wrote his last and greatest song “A Change is Gonna Come” in 1964. The song expressed his wish for stopping racism, but before it was released Sam was murdered in Los Angeles. Even though his life was short, his success opened the way for many other African American soul singers.

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Step 3

Take your reward! Watch a live performance of Ray Charles!

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Step 4

Explore jazz!

Check if you know these words:

blues [bluːz] - джазовая музыка в духе медленных лирических песен.

European harmony [jʊərəˈpiːən hɑːməni] - европейская гармония, система гармонических ладов в европейской музыке;

mixture [ˈmɪkstʃə] - смешение;

trumpet [ˈtrʌmpɪt] - труба

to improvise [ˈɪmprəvʌɪz] - импровизировать;

swing [swɪŋ] - вид джазовой музыки (англ. swing; «качание, колебание»)4

drums [drʌmz] - ударные инструменты, барабаны;

brass [brɑːs] - медные духовые инструменты;

strings [strɪŋz] - струнные инструменты;

band [bænd] - музыкальная группа;

bebop [ˈbiːbɒp] - джазовый стиль с быстрым темпом и сложными импровизациями.

Fill in the gaps with verbs in Past Simple.

JAZZ

Most African American musicians only played blues, but some 1)_______________ (to play) classical music as well and learned European harmony. Some even 2) _____________ (to mix) European harmony with the rhythms of blues, and from this mixture "jazz" was born. One of jazz's greatest musicians 3) ______________ (to be) the trumpet player Louis Armstrong. He was in New Orleans, his home town, in the 1910s. In the 1920s he was in Chicago inventing new ways of improvising with Joe "King" Oliver and his band. Then he was in New York City in the 1930s when swing was developing. This new style was played by jazz orchestras with a rhythm section (drums), brass sections, and sometimes strings and one or more singers. Swing was very popular in the 1940 s. Swing 4) _________________ ( to become) the music that everyone danced to. Some of the most popular singers of the day are Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, sang with jazz orchestras.

But by the 1950s many young musicians did not want to play in jazz orchestras. They wanted to improvise and began experimenting in their own bands. They 5)_____________ ( to start) playing exciting new style like bebop. This new style was not as easy to dance to as swing, so it was not as popular. Bebop found a new audience of serious listeners for whom modern jazz was art music rather than popular music. The best of these musicians were Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Charles Mingus.

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Step 5

Take your reward! Watch a live performance of Louis Armstrong!

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Step 6

Explore rock!

Check if you know these words:

country [ˈkʌntri] - кантри, музыкальный стиль;

band [bænd] - музыкальная группа;

invasion [ɪnˈveɪʒ(ə)n] - вторжение;

rebellious spirit [rɪˈbɛljəs ˈspɪrɪt] - бунтарский дух;

glam rock [ɡlam] - глэм-рок, стиль рока;

alternative rock [ɔːlˈtəːnətɪv] - альтернативный рок (независимый);

grunge [ ɡrʌndʒ] - грандж,  стиль рока.

Answer the questions below.

ROCK

By 1960, rock and roll lost its popularity. Some young people began experimenting with rock and roll. They combined it with other styles such as blues, gospel and country to create a new genre called "rock music" or "rock".

EARLY BRITISH ROCK

The most successful British band was the Beatles, who formed in 1960. They became popular after spending three years playing in small clubs in Liverpool and Germany. By April 1964 their songs held the top five on the US singles chart. Their success led to what's called the "British Invasion" when lots of other British bands toured America, like the Who, the Kinks and the Rolling Stones.

GLAM ROCK

The history of rock includes several periods when the music began to lose its energy and rebellious spirit. In the early 1970s, most mainstream rock was dull, but glam rock artists like David Bowie kept the spirit of rock music alive.

ALTERNATIVE ROCK

In the 1980s, a new style called alternative rock developed. The most successful alternative bands included The Smiths in the UK and The Red Hot Chili Peppers in the USA. In the 1990s, a new style of alternative rock called "grunge" was created by American bands Nirvana and Pearl Jam, while in the UK Britpop bands Radiohead, P.J. Harvey, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

1) Write down 3 genres of music that are combined in rock music.

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2) What is the most popular British band ever?

3) Who is the main star of glam rock?

4) Write down famous alternative rock bands.

For each right done task you will get 1 point + points for warm up quiz. All point will be sumed up. Here you can see which mark you can get for your ponts:

0-7 points  ------------  2

8-13 points -------------3

14-20 points ---------- 4

21- 27 points --------- 5

Congratulations! You`ve done it. 

                                                  Play Music - Enjoy Life!

Created by Anastasia Zharkova for the 7th grade.