Music In The Philippine Culture

Lastly, there is vallenato son, which is similar to paseo but is in duple meter with a nostalgically and plaintive mood. Artist such as Jorge Celedon and Fanny Lu help spread vallenato both son and paseo through songs that became big hits internationally and gained attention from outside of Colombia. Their songs demonstrated cultural pride because similar to Carlos Vives, both artist heavily incorporate elements of vallenato into their works. Vallenato swept Colombia by its feet when it first was discovered and as time progressed through its successful commercialization, it’s spread across to other nations giving them each a taste of the Colombian

Aforetime, the Spanish word Joropo meant "a party or a soiree", but now the meaning of the word gained more power and is defined as a style of music and dance that identifies Venezuelans. Thereby, Joropo, a Venezuelan and Colombian genre, began as an ordinary activity that joined people around music and dances, food and socialization and later on it developed into popular music with both regional and national self-expression, traditional and entertaining significance, maintaining only some musical structures of the Llanero variant in tasca contexts, concerts, festivals, occasions and competitions. According to the parameters of defining a genre in Revista Musical de Venezuela, since the mid-1950s Joropo became wide spread in both private and public spaces and of high impact on social

PROGRESSIVE ROCK is a subgenre of rock music originated in United States and the United Kingdom throughout the late 1960s. Listeners can perceive characteristics commonly associated with jazz, classical music or folk. Virtuosic solos, long songs with instrumental parts, use of electric sounds, very deep lyrics - very often philosophical, albums which meant to be perceived as a whole became distinctive features of the genre. Progressive rock also took hippy ideas. Time signature is unstable and variable.

The nineteen-sixties influenced music of many different genres and styles. The most popular genres of music during the Sixties include; folk, country, jazz, pop, reggae, and rock, which were altered and upgraded to fit the constantly adapting music taste of those who listen. During the Sixties, lyrics began to tell a more realistic, eye-opening story, and provided emotional insight from the perspective of the song writter. Many bands in the Sixties wrote their own music, giving it unique, individual features and qualities. Newly developed characteristics and frequencies gained the interest of young listeners as their music taste changed and developed throughout the decade.

It was though as Elvis popularized rock music, which resulted in the integration. Elvis helped change his sound with the change of the social changes that were going on. Presley’s unique music would overall mirror the social changes that were going on during the 1950’s. His music helped change the culture then and now, and helped others join

Mariachi Music Mariachi music is a widely admired genre in the world now, but just recently it has risen in popularity. The word “mariachi” either means “marriage” in French or is an indigenous word for a wooden stage used by musical group performances. Before European conquest, natives used rattles, drums, flutes, and conch horns for religious occasions. When the Spanish arrived, they brought along violins, guitars, harps, brass horns, woodwind instruments, and colonial dancing, which eventually blended with the music of the natives. With these new additions, indigenous peoples and mestizos began to play European instruments along with their own musical inventions.

Great post, this is well said. The technology advancement in the 1970 's definitely impacted how music was created. They were able to create different sounds with the technology and ultimately bring us the sound of disco. I also like how you mentioned the Bee Gees. These brothers were instrumental in popularizing disco music.

With regards to their contributions to musical artistry, drugs have allowed many artists to move past the conventions of Western musical theory, and thus build arrangements and other approaches far outside the mainstream. With artists like the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix using drugs in such a fashion, it is thus clear that the use of illicit drugs has contributed significantly to enhancing some elements of creativity amongst musicians. Moreover, and with fans also making use of drugs so as to heighten their enjoyment of this music, it very much appears that drug use in rock n’

Humans have a need to bond with other people, it’s psychological. This bond is expressed in many aspects of society exemplified through the idea of love and marriage. We celebrate marriage through wedding ceremonies; every country and religion has its own traditions, rituals, and laws for this grand celebration. America is distinctive in that it was founded on its rich history of immigration, creating a melting pot of cultures and religions. Whether happening in a church or a courthouse room, American wedding ceremonies are based on rituals, folklore, and superstitions; these ceremonies give insight to how history has influenced American society by maintaining and creating cultural and social needs, as well as expressing gender and evolving gender social roles.

First of all, rock music has a lot of energy and a faster beats per minute count, the only reason I know this is because I use to be a dj. It has uses a combination of acoustic and electrical guitar, drums and vocals with the lead singer usually screaming with the chorus. Jazz music is more a soothing sound using saxophones and piano and a slower rhythm. Classical music would use more of a range of musical instruments such as violin, piano, cello, flute and others. Upon further investigation, rock and roll music played a big part of shaping our culture.

This music style had shaped the future of those in the 1950’s setting a platform of the music to come. Rock and Roll couldn’t have taken flight without the popular artist of the time including the widely known “King of Rock” Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Beatles and many more bands from England and America. Rock and Roll transformed society in the 1950’s causing a separation in tradition from the older generation and the newer generation known as the “Beat Generation”, according to website ushistory.org. It received its name from the style of the music and the newly formed dance moves arising.

Many new music types such as disco, soft-rock, glitter rock, and heavy metal hitting the scene with new artists such as Ziggy Stardust. Rock, Pop, and the blues continued to be popular with new bands hitting the big time such as Led Zeppelin. The Jacksons, and Diana Ross dominated Disco, Rock was ruled over by Kansas, and Pink Floyd who each sold millions of records. The new music age was a foot, with kids, teenagers, and even adults loving the cutting-edge look and feel of the

Immigrants were responsible for musical culture and the development of music in the 20th century. There were already music such as folk, classical, blues, rock and roll, as well as country in North America before the immigrants arrived. In America the slaves would play the string instruments, drums, and instruments similar to the banjo. However, when the immigrants come to America they brought over plenty more of music instruments and different types of music. The Spanish played an instrument called the Bandora.

In the article Kuleana: Toward a Histography of Hawaiian National Consciousness, 1780-2001 by Kanalu Young, she synthetized a historgraphy regarding Hawaiian national consciousness. She does this by gathering historical transformations that were evident in Hawaii. Some of these were significant transformations that directly affected people, places and ideas in Hawaii. Young empathizes that a Hawaiian histography is the first step towards the revitalization of Hawaiian intellectualism. Further, for Hawaiian cultural sovereignty to be restored, Young said, intellectual and institutional reshaping should be achieved first.

Copland had the ability to effortlessly make music sound as if stemming from a specific country, regardless of whether or not it was American. Copland felt impelled to stress his country of origin as well as his individual personality, something which had been greatly accomplished by many composers on the Romantic era. His composition Hear Ye! Hear Ye!