All+About+Music!

=**HELLO everybody!!!!!**=

**WE THE IELTE STUDENTS:**
*Nargis Shamusarova *Irina Pak *Aziza Abdulazizova : were given this unique assignment to accompolish! Hopefully we will complete it successfully!! Well our job is to make a reasonable page,demonstrating and giving exact information about something. Since we should assemble together and work as a group we came to a decision that we will choose an intersting topic which is MUSIC!!!! OBVIOUSLY everyones favourite!we hope:) Let me just give an outline of our topic we are going to explain the history of music,types and etc... The reason we chose this topic is because,everyone just listens to it,and it dosnt reach up to thier mentality,about WHY,HOW and WHEN it was created and WHAT for? In order to answer these questions we are going to give you some useful and logical facts,which are very intersting and mind-blowing! AS A GROUP WE ADVICE YOU GUYS TO READ IT AND GET UTILE INFO! :)

** Hello everybody! My name is Irina, and I will tell you about classical music. **
Classical music is all around us wether it be in restaurants, supermarkets or cinemas. In the world of classical music you may find something that will provide your listening pleasure.

__**There are five broad categories of classical music:**__ orchestral, chamber, solo instrumental, choral and opera.
**Orchestral music** The typical orchestra as we know it today, consisting of upwards of eighty players. This category was forming for years. During the mid-1800 the orchestra settled into a regular, basic pattern of strings, woodwind, brass and percussion, with various “exotic” instruments being introduced from time to time. 1. **//Symphony//** 2. **//Symphonic Poem//** 3. **//Overture//** 4. **//Concerto//** 5. **//Ballet//** 6. **//Incidental Music//** 7. **//Suite//**
 * The most common genres of this music are:**

** Chamber music **
Normally understood to be any type of music composed for a small ensemble of between two and approximately fifteen players. The most basic form is a work for solo instrument with keyboard accompaniment. Also there might be duets, trio, quartet, quintet.

Solo instrumental music
Into this category falls any music composed for a single, unaccompanied instrument.

** Vocal music **
The humanity`s oldest instrument-the human voice. Anyone wishing to trace a stylistic [|history of classical music] could do no better than to examine vocal music, for every composer worthy of the name wrote at least something which involves singing of some description.

** Opera **
The typical opera will open with an overture or prelude designed to set the scene or even introduce some of the most important themes to appear later on. Opera consist of acts and scenes, and everyone who plays in it has his own time to act.

**Rock Music**



**Hello, IELTE program students. My name is Aziza and, I will inform you all about Rock music.**

==== Rock music is well known type of music and becoming increasingly popular throughout the world. Today people are getting crazy about rock music. They want to listen their favorite music whenever they have leisure time. ====

Bands of musicians who play rock music are called ROCK BAND.
==== This type of music became popular in the 1950’s in America and Europe. This music based on older styles like rhythm and blues music originated by African American performers such as CHUCK BERRY and LITTLE RICHARD. ==== ==== In the initial days, this music was liked and played only in small clubs and on radio. Because many people criticized about this type of music as they didn’t like the loud and fast rhythm. Afterwards, it became popular with the help of programs like an American Bandstand. ====

Rock music is evolving and has variety of forms. Like HEAVY METAL, combination of SOFT POP and HEAVY METAL, ROCK’N ROLL, ALTERNATIVE METAL, PUNK, etc.
==== Today, Rock is making progress and becoming of the best styles of music. There are a lot of varieties of Rock bands and each of them has their own style of playing and appearance. They are creating their own forms of rock that don’t look like as others. They are like METALLICA, LINKIN PARK, ONE REPUBLIC, TOKIO HOTEL, 3 SECONDS TO MARS and etc. ====

**__INSTRUMENTS__**
 * DRUMS **

===** Drum is ** arranged for convenient playing by a single person ( Drummer ) The individual instruments of a drum set are hit by a variety of implements held in the hand, including sticks, brushes, and mallets. the bass drum, played by a foot-operated pedal, and the hi-hat cymbals, which may be struck together using a foot pedal in addition to being played with sticks or brushes. Although other instruments can be played using a pedal, the feet are usually occupied by the bass drum and hi hat, and as a result the drummer plays in a seated position. A full size drum set without any additional percussion instruments has a bass drum,floor tom,snare drum,tom-toms, and a variety of cymbals including hi-hat cymbals,ride cymbaland a crash cymbal. __Glosary__(Cymbol- a flat, round musical instrument made of brass metal that is hit with a stick or struck against another such instrument to make a loud noise) ===


 * GUITAR **



=== The guitar is a musical instrument of the chordophone family, being a stringed instrument played by plucking, either with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number but sometimes more, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with either nylon or steel strings. There are two primary families of guitars: acoustic and electric. Acoustic guitar (and similar instruments) with hollow bodies, have been in use for over a thousand years. There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar (nylon-string guitar), the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar. The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the vibration of the strings, which is amplified by the body of the guitar,. The classical guitar is often played as a //solo instrument//. Electric guitars, introduced in the 1930s, rely on an amplifier that can electronically manipulate tone. Early amplified guitars employed a hollow body, but a solid body was found more suitable. Electric guitars have had a continuing profound influence on popular culture. Guitars are recognized as a primary instrument in genres such as blues, bluegrass , country , flamenco , jazz , jota , mariachi , reggae , rock , soul , and many forms of pop. __Glosary__ (Gut-stomach) ===

**BASS**

=== (pronounced like the word "base") describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles Examples grouped by general form and playing technique include: ===
 * Bass **
 * ** Double bass- ** from the violin family (usually the instrument referred to as a "bass" in European classical music and jazz . Sometimes called a "string bass" to differentiate it from a "bass horn")
 * ** Bass guitar ** and ** acoustic bass guitar- ** instruments shaped, constructed and held like guitars, that play in the bass range
 * A ** bass horn- ** such as a tuba, serpent , and sousaphone from the wind family and low-tuned versions of specific types of brass and woodwind instruments, such as bassoon , bass clarinet , bass trombone and bass saxophone , etc. (less common usage)
 * ** Keyboard bass- ** a keyboard alternative to the bass guitar or double bass
 * ** Washtub bass- ** a simple folk instrument
 * ** Bass drum **

A musician playing one of these instruments is often known as a bassist. Other more specific terms such as 'bass guitarist', 'double bassist', 'bass player', etc. may also be used. =LINKIN PARK: = == = =
 * __Rock bands__ **

Current Linkin Park Members:
=== Chester Bennington – lead vocals Rob Bourdon – drums Brad Delson – lead guitar David "Phoenix" Farrell – bass Joe Hahn – turntables Mike Shinoda – rapping, keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm guitar Linkin Park were sown in Southern California in 1996, when three high school friends – drummer Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson and vocalist Mike Shinoda – decided to form a band. Soon after graduation, they completed their lineup by recruiting three more members: bassist Dave Farrell, turntablist Joe Hahn and temporary lead singer Mark Wakefield. Calling themselves first SuperXero and then simply Xero, the group began recording demos but failed to garner much interest in their songs. Xero’s lack of success spurred the departure of Wakefield, setting the stage for Chester Bennington’s arrival as the band’s frontman in 1999. The group changed their name to Hybrid Theory (a nod to the band’s hybrid sound that combined rock and rap), but after facing legal issues with another act with a similar moniker, the group chose Lincoln Park, in honor of a neighborhood park in Santa Monica, California, that the band members would pass on their way to recording sessions. But once the band discovered that others already owned that domain name online they slightly altered their name to Linkin Park. === ===If you have any questions you can write them to my blog. I'll answer them with a great pleasure === ===htt [|p://azizik-aziza-azizik.blogspot.com]===

= = =HARD ROCK MUSIC= Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal) is a Subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States.With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are generally associated with masculinity. Early bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple , who are widely considered main founders of the genre, attracted large audiences. However, these bands were often critically reviled. Motörhead introduced a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed. Before the end of the decade, heavy metal had attracted a worldwide following of fans known as " metalheads " In the 1980s, glam metal became a major commercial force with groups like Mötley Crüe. Underground scenes produced an array of more extreme, aggressive styles: thrash metal broke into the mainstream with bands such as Metallica and Megadeth, while other styles like death metal and black metal remain subcultural phenomena. Since the mid-1990s, popular styles such as nu metal, which often incorporates elements of grunge and hip hop ; and metalcore , which blends extreme meta with hardcore punk , have further expanded the definition of the genre. ** Sub genres: **  = =
 * Black metal
 * **classic metal **
 * **death metal **
 * **doom metal **
 * **glam metal **
 * **gothic metal **
 * **groove metal **
 * **<span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; msoansilanguage: EN-US; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">power metal **
 * **<span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; msoansilanguage: EN-US; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">speed metal **
 * **<span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; msoansilanguage: EN-US; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">stoner rock **
 * <span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; msoansilanguage: EN-US; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;"> **<span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; msoansilanguage: EN-US; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">thrash metal **

Hello students of our incredible IELTE!!!!Iam NARGIS and I am really pleased and pleasured to work with my own magnificent group mates, since we divided our genres of music into small sub topics, in order to make it more interesting! My groupmate Aziza is giving info about rock music, Irina is talking about classical music, On the contrary iam going to inform you guys about POP music! Hope you enjoy reading and leave your comments!

** Table of Pop Music ** || || || || || || || || ||
 * ** Stylistic origins ** || Rock and roll• Jazz • Doo-wop • Folk • Dance music
 * ** Cultural origins ** || 1950s, United States and United Kingdom
 * ** Typical instruments ** || Vocals• Electric guitar • Bass guitar • Drums• Keyboards• Acoustic Guitar• Synthesizer• Drum machine• Sequencer• Sampler
 * ** Mainstream popularity ** || Continuous worldwide since emergence
 * ** Subgenres **
 * Baroque pop• Bubblegum pop • Dance-pop• Electropop• Europop• Indie pop • Operatic pop • Power pop • Sophisti-pop• Space age pop • Sunshine pop• Teen pop
 * ** Fusion genres **
 * Country pop • Disco• Dream pop• Jangle pop • Pop punk • Pop rap • Pop rock • Psychedelic pop • Technopop• Urban pop

**Pop music** (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular") is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented towards a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short and simple love songs and utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes. Pop music has absorbed influences from most other forms of popular music, but as a genre is particularly associated with the rock and roll and later rock style.
 * Origin **

** Definition: ** Hatch and Millward define pop music as "a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz and folk music". Although pop music is often seen as oriented towards the singles charts, as a genre it is not the sum of all chart music, which has always contained songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs, while pop music as a genre is usually seen as existing and developing separately. Thus "pop music" may be used to describe a distinct genre, aimed at a youth market, often characterized as a softer alternative to rock and roll ** Developments: ** The widespread availability of television in the 1950s; with televised performances, pop stars had to have a visual presence. In the 1960s, the introduction of inexpensive, portable radios meant that teenagers could listen to music outside of the home. Multi-track recording (from the 1960s)By the early 1980s, the promotion of pop music had been greatly affected by the rise of Music Television channels like MTV, which "favored those artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Prince who had a strong visual appeal". Pop music has been dominated by the American and (from the mid-1960s) British) music industries, whose influence has made pop music something of an international monoculture, but most regions and countries have their own form of pop music, sometimes producing local versions of wider trends, and lending them local characteristics. Some of these trends (for

Characteristics:
Musicologists often identify the following characteristics as typical of the pop music genre:

The main medium of pop music is the song, often between two and a half and three and a half minutes in length, generally marked by a consistent and noticeable rhythmic element, a mainstream style and a simple traditional structure. Common variants include the verse-chorus form and the thirty-two-bar form, with a focus on melodies and catchy hooks, and a chorus that contrasts melodically, rhythmically and harmonically with the verse. The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment. The lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships.
 * a focus on the individual song or singles, rather than on extended works or albums
 * an aim of appealing to a general audience, rather than to a particular sub-culture or ideology
 * an emphasis on craftsmanship rather than formal "artistic" qualities
 * an emphasis on recording, production, and technology, over live performance
 * a tendency to reflect existing trends rather than progressive developments
 * Much pop music is intended to encourage dancing, or it uses dance-oriented beats or rhythms.

POP STARS OF THE 60's till 90's! POP STARS After The 90's





** Music therapy ** is both an allied health profession and a field of scientific research which studies correlations between the process of clinical therapy and biomusicology, musical acoustics, music theory, psychoacoustics and comparative musicology. It is an interpersonal process in which a trained music therapist uses music and all of its facets—physical, emotional, mental, social, aesthetic, and spiritual—to help clients to improve or maintain their health. Music therapists primarily help clients improve their observable level of functioning and self-reported quality of life in various domains (e.g., cognitive functioning, motor skills, emotional and affective development, behavior and social skills) by using music experiences (e.g., singing, songwriting, listening to and discussing music, moving to music) to achieve measurable treatment goals and objectives. Referrals to music therapy services may be made by a treating physician or an interdisciplinary team consisting of clinicians such as physicians, psychologists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists. Music therapists are found in nearly every area of the helping professions. Some commonly found practices include developmental work (communication, motor skills, etc.) with individuals with special needs, songwriting and listening in reminiscence/orientation work with the elderly, processing and relaxation work, and rhythmic entrainment for physical rehabilitation in stroke victims. The Turco-Persian psychologist and music theorist al-Farabi (872–950), known as "Alpharabius" in Europe, dealt with music therapy in his treatise //Meanings of the Intellect//, where he discussed the therapeutic effects of music on the soul. Robert Burton wrote in the 17th century in his classic work, //The Anatoy o Melancholy//, that music and dance were critical in treating mental illness, especially melancholia. It is considered one of the expressive therapies. [|Fell free to contact me] In conclusion,music is a great benefit for both listening and curing. As a group we advice you guys to listen and to analize the goodness of it! Hope our INFO was useful and intersting!!!!
 * MUSIC THERAPY **