F2F Class Notes (Nick) [R]

Look for some famous musicians from the styles of R&B, Blues (Muddy Waters), and Soul (James Brown, Aretha Franklin).

Vocabulary

Origin – the beginning
e.g. Scientists say that the origin of humans is in Africa.
Originate – to begin
e.g. Humans originated in Africa.
— The first example is about a fact, which is still true today. The second is about something which happened, and that was in the past.

Record – to write something down so we can remember it (verb); something written to help us remember (noun)
Record – like a big cd
Record – the best performance ever seen, or the most of something
e.g. A new lifting record was set today, at 178kg.
e.g. There was a record crowd for the concert last night: 150,000 people!

Genre – a style of something, like music
For example:
R&B – rhythm and blues
Blues – a sort of sad, rock and jazz form of music
Rock & Roll – a form of music which is often louder, faster, and uses guitars
Jazz – a band with a small rock band inside, and lots of wind instruments (like trumpet, saxophone, trombone), and which makes up a lot of the music during the performance

Rhythm – the feeling of movement in music; is it fast or slow? Is it grouped in twos, threes, or fours?　节奏

Combine – to put things together, mix

By 1960, rock and roll was losing both record sales and artists. Elvis Presley was in the army, Little Richard had quit rock and roll, and Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens had died in a plane crash. But many young people were still listening to their rock and roll records, and some began exploring the music’s origins. Young musicians bought blues and R&B records, studied the music, and soon learned to play it. Before long, they were combining these older styles with rock and roll to create a new genre called “rock music” or “rock.”

Pronunciation

Musician – Myoo – zi – shun

Quit vs. Quite – kwit vs. kw – eye – t

Record – re – cord (noun); re – cord (verb)

Genre – zhan – ruh

Rhythm – ri – them

Aretha – a – ree – tha