Lineup

Lead-in

  • If you had to choose 1 song to listen to on repeat for a whole day, what song would it be? Why?
  • Do you prefer electric musical instruments or acoustic? Why?
  • If you could choose just one musical instrument to exist, what would you choose and why?

Presentation

Pre

  • In your opinion, what is music? Describe it.

Top Down

  • What is the difference between music and genre? Read it and find out.
  1. The definition of music is nonexistent. On the other hand, genre is a group of styles of music with a lot in common with each other.
  2. The definition of genre is practically nonexistent. On the other hand, music is a group of styles of songs with a lot in common with each other.
  3. The definition of music is practically nonexistent. On the other hand, genre is a group of styles of music with a lot in common with each other.
  4. The definition of music is practically nonexistent. On the other hand, genre is a group of styles of music with not much in common with each other.
  1. The definition of music is nonexistent. On the other hand, genre is a group of styles of music with a lot in common with each other.
  2. The definition of genre is practically nonexistent. On the other hand, music is a group of styles of songs with a lot in common with each other.
  3. The definition of music is practically nonexistent. On the other hand, genre is a group of styles of music with a lot in common with each other.
  4. The definition of music is practically nonexistent. On the other hand, genre is a group of styles of music with not much in common with each other.

What is music?

For some a blissful experience to be enjoyed along with a glass of the finest red, for some a distraction during a boring treadmill session! Some would consider Beethoven’s piano sonatas a copyrighted property of the Lullaby Channel, some would struggle to pronounce ‘bougarabou’ (which is an African drum, by the way), and some would mock Indian classical music — the oldest surviving school of music — as sheer wailing!

Sounds never evoke the same emotions in different people. Thus, a comprehensive and universal definition of music is practically nonexistent. Having said that, some would consider it an exercise in futility to go ahead and try to define a list of musical genres. Fortunately, while some maintain that sounds such as a car horn and a crash of a falling plate constitute genres in themselves, the rest of the world has been sensible enough to discern musical genres from mere noise.

What is a genre?

A genre is a group of styles of music having a common tradition or common fundamental values. It can be likened to a genus in taxonomy, which is constituted by animals sharing a common evolutionary ancestor and having some distinct anatomical commonalities, despite vastly different superficial appearances. To further the rather snug-fitting analogy, a music genre is further divided into subgenres — just like species in a genus. Superficially, the species may look nothing like each other in their present-day forms, but they evolved from the same ancestor. The concept of the ‘species’ of subgenres can be best explained by the huge number of disparate-sounding subgenres currently grouped under the titular title ‘Rock Music’.

    In modern times, the all-consuming music industry often has a larger say in creating a new genre than the music itself. Numerous modern genres can be said to have been thus inspired as a commercial gimmick, rather than an artistic endeavors.

Music, in its broadest division, can be classified into two styles: Western, and Oriental. African music can be included as a separate genre, but quite a few African styles have made their way into Western music via immigrant African-Americans; hence it has been included in the category of Western Music.

Rock

The umbrella term ‘rock’ is used to describe a large variety of musical styles. The origins of this stupendously popular style lie in a fusion of two other popular genres — Blues and Country, along with significant elements of jazz. Along with the influences from the two styles, rock and roll was typified by extensive use of the snare drum. The ‘rock and roll’ movement of the mid-1950s revolutionized the music scene in the West, with the proponents of this innovative and flamboyant style shaping the trends in racism, fashion and lifestyle. Rock and roll — especially Glam Rock — artists’ garish costumes were famous, and in the racially inflamed 1950s, rock and roll provided an avenue for the appreciation of popular music without segregation. The success of the Rock and Roll movement is personified in the everlasting fame of ‘the King’, Elvis.

In the late 60s and early 70s two popular rock subgenres developed: Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. Both have gone on to become massively popular. The contemporaneous emergence of inventive guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton helped mold the malleable style of Rock music into numerous other popular styles. The term ‘rock’ music has since gone on to represent a massive range of styles, many often sounding nothing like the original ‘rock and roll sound’. The all-encompassing term ‘rock music’ includes everything from the melodious Beatles to the aggressive Carcass and Deicide.

It can be said that rock music is the most popular genre of music in the history of mankind.

 

Notable bands:

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Queen, U2, AC/DC, The Who, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Notable Performers:

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Alice Cooper, John Entwistle, Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon, Kurt Cobain

Subgenres:

Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Black Metal, Glam Rock, Punk Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz Rock, Acid Rock, Christian Metal, Art Rock, Alternative Rock, Dream Pop, Grunge, Indie Pop, Industrial Rock, Folk Rock, Folk Metal, Glam Metal, Electronic Rock, Experimental Rock, Goregrind, Deathcore, Metalcore, Doom Metal, Industrial Metal, Industrial Rock, Gothi Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Sludge Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal…

Modified from Source

Bottom Up

  • True or False?

Example: Rock is an umbrella term. True

  1. Some sounds are known by making different people feel the same emotions.
  2. Most people consider that a car horn or a crash of a falling plate constitute genres in themselves.
  3. Genres can be interpreted as to a genus in taxonomy, which is constituted by animals sharing a common evolutionary ancestor and having some distinct anatomical commonalities, despite vastly different superficial appearances.
  4. Music can be classified into three styles: Western, Oriental and African.
  5. Rock was voted to be the best music genre of all times.
  1. Some sounds are known by making different people feel the same emotions. False
  2. Most people consider that a car horn or a crash of a falling plate constitute genres in themselves. False
  3. Genres can be interpreted as to a genus in taxonomy, which is constituted by animals sharing a common evolutionary ancestor and having some distinct anatomical commonalities, despite vastly different superficial appearances. True
  4. Music can be classified into three styles: Western, Oriental and African. False
  5. Rock was voted to be the best music genre of all times. False

Post

  • Do you agree that rock is the best genre of music? Why?
  • What do you think is the worst genre of music? Why?

Target Language

Music Genres

  • Classical
  • Country
  • Electronic
  • House
  • Blues
  • Tango
  • Jazz
  • Metal
  • Pop
  • Rap/hip-hop
  • Reggae
  • Rock

Music-related Vocabulary:

  • Audience
  • Venue
  • Stage
  • Lineup
  • Tickets
  • Perform/performance

Music related idioms

This idiom is used at the end of a sentence to imply a continuation of a list of similar things. It is similar to saying et cetera. 

This idiom means someone is ostentatiously in support of something.

Both parties involved in a situation or argument are responsible for it.

Something that someone is very happy to hear.

Take the initiative in deciding how something should be done.

Idle talk; empty promises; vague excuses or explanations.

Be confronted with the unpleasant consequences of one’s actions.

For a very small amount of money.

Controlled Practice

  • Match the expressions to their meaning. There is one example.

  1. Audience

  2. Venue

  3. Stage

  4. Lineup

  5. Tickets

  6. Performance

(   ) The place where something happens, especially an organized event such as a concert, conference, or sports event.

(   ) A piece of paper or small card that gives the holder a certain right, especially to enter a place, travel by public transport, or participate in an event.

(   ) A raised floor or platform, typically in a theater, on which actors, entertainers, or speakers perform.

(   ) An act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment.

(1) The assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.

(   ) A group of people that has been brought together to form a team or take part in an event.

  1. Audience

  2. Venue

  3. Stage

  4. Lineup

  5. Tickets

  6. Performance

(2) The place where something happens, especially an organized event such as a concert, conference, or sports event.

(5) A piece of paper or small card that gives the holder a certain right, especially to enter a place, travel by public transport, or participate in an event.

(3) A raised floor or platform, typically in a theater, on which actors, entertainers, or speakers perform.

(6) An act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment.

(1) The assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.

(4) A group of people that has been brought together to form a team or take part in an event.

Freer Practice

  • Use your own ideas to complete the sentences.
    • I can’t stand… and all that jazz.
    • … is music to my ears!
    • I think that … is just chin music.
    • Well, I told my friend that it takes two to tango, so…
    • Now it’s time to face the music and…

Production

  • Think about the perfect concert. Talk about it using the Target Language.

Example: The perfect concert would be a Rolling Stones’ concert and the stage would…

Homework

Connect the genres of music with their meanings. There is one example.

  1. Classical

  2. Country

  3. Electronic

  4. House

  5. Jazz

  6. Metal

(   ) A musical genre birthed in Chicago in the 1980s. With roots in disco, it uses a similar beat and song structure but combines it with electronic elements, samples, and synthesizers.

(   ) A kind of music in which improvisation is typically an important part.

(   ) Any music involving electronic processing, such as recording and editing on tape, and whose reproduction involves the use of loudspeakers.

(1) European music composed from about 1750 to 1830 that features balance, elegance, and homophonic textures.

(   ) A genre that branches off rock, best known for powerful drumming, aggressive vocals, distorted guitar chords, and low-range bass notes.

(   ) A form of popular music originating in the rural southern US. It is a mixture of ballads and dance tunes played characteristically on fiddle, banjo, guitar, and pedal steel guitar.

  1. Classical

  2. Country

  3. Electronic

  4. House

  5. Jazz

  6. Metal

(4) A musical genre birthed in Chicago in the 1980s. With roots in disco, it uses a similar beat and song structure but combines it with electronic elements, samples, and synthesizers.

(5) A kind of music in which improvisation is typically an important part.

(3) Any music involving electronic processing, such as recording and editing on tape, and whose reproduction involves the use of loudspeakers.

(1) European music composed from about 1750 to 1830 that features balance, elegance, and homophonic textures.

(6) A genre that branches off rock, best known for powerful drumming, aggressive vocals, distorted guitar chords, and low-range bass notes.

(2) A form of popular music originating in the rural southern US. It is a mixture of ballads and dance tunes played characteristically on fiddle, banjo, guitar, and pedal steel guitar.

Choose the best option for each sentence.

Example: I really like contry/country music. > I really like country music.

  1. Renan’s taste is more house musical / music with DJ and hardly any lyrical content in the songs.
  2. Because of the concrete construction / constrution, no columns blocked the spectator’s view of the stage.
  3. For experimental music listeners / likers, jazz is probably as vibrant now as it ever was.
  4. To differentiate his venue from the Theatre Royal, Patrick decided to turn it on / into a music hall.
  5. The place buzzed with excitement as the audience waited for the RHCP’s concert / consert to start.
  1. Renan’s taste is more house music with DJ and hardly any lyrical content in the songs.
  2. Because of the concrete construction, no columns blocked the spectator’s view of the stage.
  3. For experimental music listeners, jazz is probably as vibrant now as it ever was.
  4. To differentiate his venue from the Theatre Royal, Patrick decided to turn it into a music hall.
  5. The place buzzed with excitement as the audience waited for the RHCP’s concert to start.

Use the following words to complete the sentences.

REGGAE – STAGE – TICKETS – VENUE – AUDIENCE – PERFORM

Example: It has tracks that showcase a variety of musical styles like ____. > It has tracks that showcase a variety of musical styles like reggae.

  1. In Shakespeare’s script, the actor playing Banquo must enter the ____ as a ghost.
  2. Amerindian men ____ a dance in the local church to the accompaniment of fife and drums.
  3. Sometimes when you are doing a soundcheck in a big ____ it feels unbelievably empty.
  4. Members of the ____ were too tame to interrupt the speaker.
  5. If you want to go to Rock in Rio you are advised to book in advance because ____ sell-out quickly.
  1. In Shakespeare’s script, the actor playing Banquo must enter the stage as a ghost.
  2. Amerindian men perform a dance in the local church to the accompaniment of fife and drums.
  3. Sometimes when you are doing a soundcheck in a big venue it feels unbelievably empty.
  4. Members of the audience were too tame to interrupt the speaker.
  5. If you want to go to Rock in Rio you are advised to book in advance because tickets sell-out quickly.

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

Example: chef-d’oeuvre / captivated / The / audience. / the / maestro’s / stunning / mesmerized > The maestro’s stunning chef-d’oeuvre mesmerized the captivated audience.

  1. but / get / faced / lengthy / waits. / All / to / managed / tickets, / ticket / many / season / holders
  2. beguiled / smooth / with / his / audience / the / voice. / and / seductive / He
  3. joined / forces / concerts. / to / perform / several / They
  4. adapted / complete / in / been / cinema. / for / stage / several / times, / and / television, / It / radio, / has / part, / or
  5. hip / rolled / hybrid / to / up / into / reggae / that / heard / I’ve / This / and / the / hop / perhaps / date. / most / is / original
  1. All season ticket holders managed to get tickets, but many faced lengthy waits.
  2. He beguiled the audience with his smooth and seductive voice.
  3. They joined forces to perform several concerts.
  4. It has been adapted several times, complete or in part, for radio, television, stage and cinema.
  5. This is hip hop and reggae rolled up into perhaps the most original hybrid that I’ve heard to date.

Find and correct the mistakes.

Example: You have to face the music, and the music is that you’re not in the tornament. > You have to face the music, and the music is that you’re not in the tournament.

  1. The live lineup has been augmented with eletric guitarist Erik who ads a bit of low end distorted news to the whole thing.
  2. Most of the people do not know westtern jazz, westtern classical music and westtern blues.
  3. All this stuff about celebrities is just cheen music.
  4. No use blamings only one partner because it takes two hands to clap just as it takes two to tango!
  5. Pick up costume jewelry, scarves, petticoats, shoes, hats and other gear for a music in your local charity shop.
  1. The live lineup has been augmented with electric guitarist Erik who adds a bit of low end distorted news to the whole thing.
  2. Most of the people do not know western jazz, western classical music and western blues.
  3. All this stuff about celebrities is just chin music.
  4. No use blaming only one partner because it takes two hands to clap just as it takes two to tango!
  5. Pick up costume jewelry, scarves, petticoats, shoes, hats and other gear for a song in your local charity shop.

Writing

Write about your favorite genre, song, band and all that jazz. Remember to use as much of the Target Language as possible.

Example: My favorite band is…