ART Appreciation Music Genre

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APPRECIATION
Music Genre
Prehistoric Music
 also known as “primitive music”

 categorizes all of the music created in preliterate cultures.This is before people could
read and write. (before any written record of history and culture ever existed)
 The music probably started with vocal sound experimentation and playing (basic
voice playing ie. primitive singing, shouting, crying, murmuring...) that were then
structured and used for children's lullabies, rituals, funerals, celebrations and other
kinds of ceremonies. The first wind instruments and percussion instruments
appeared during the Paleolithic eras. Some of them were discovered and have been
reconstructed.
 They consist of:
- bone flutes
- ivory flutes
- wooden bamboo flutes
- bone whistles like whistling phalanx
- primitive string instruments like musical bows
- primitive percussion instruments like wooden or bone scraper artifacts used with a
wooden stick or small bone, seeds, shells, primitive drums with recipients, and other
kind of wooden or bone tools hit or knocked over different stones, shells, bones,
horns or wood pieces.
 Today, the oldest instruments discovered are Hohle Fels flute fragments found in
Germany, a griffon vulture bone flute with five holes of around 35000 years old,
corresponding to the Aurignacian period of the Paleolithic era.
 Fragments of seven other flutes were unearthed there too, in particular one made
in mammoth ivory and another made in swan bones with three holes. In China,
the oldest one is the Jiahu gǔdí found in 1986 in a Jiahu Neolithic tomb in central
China, a bone flute ("gǔdí") dating back to 6000 BC. In the Ukraine Paleothic
rhombi made in bone and dating back to 17000 BC have been found.
Folk Songs
 a song originating among the people of a country or area, passed by oral

tradition from one singer or generation to the next, often existing in several
versions, and marked generally by simple, modal melody and stanzaic, narrative
verse.
 any style of music which represents a community and can be sung or played by
people who may or may not be trained musicians, using the instruments
available to them.
 Music which keeps the folk tradition in mind is constantly building on that tradition
and keeping it alive. As long as that music is made primarily for the sake of giving
voice to a particular community it is contributing to the ongoing tradition of
country’s folk music.
 Folk music artists/bands

Foreign
-The Alamanac Singers
- Ani DiFranco
- Ben Harper
- Bob Dylan
- The Carter Family
- Cat Stevens
- Charlie Poole
Philippine Folk Songs, Romantic/Ballad Music
Philippine Folk songs
 Philippine folk songs are a result of the culture of the Philippines which is highly
influenced by history and the blending of foreign persuasions and its indigenous
civilization.
 An understanding of the history of Philippine literature and folklore will allow us to
fully comprehend the literary riches of this culture.
 Folk speeches, Filipino folk songs and indigenous rituals are part of Filipinos
daily lives. Hispanic influences are dominant within the Philippine's folk music,
foods, art, religion, language and folk dances.
 Philippine folk songs are, quite literally, songs of the people. This list of Filipino
folk songs gives a few examples of the many straightforward nonetheless
timeless tunes that have been ingrained into the Philippine people's
consciousness.
 Examples of Philippine folk songs
- Bahay kubo
- Magtanim Ay 'Di Biro
- Pakitong-Kitong
- O ilaw
- Bayan Ko
Philippine Romantic/Ballad music
 A ballad is a simple song consisting of verses with stanzas and a common

refrain. Typically dealing with romantic or sentimental topics, a ballad is
essentially a poem set to music.
 The word "ballad" derives from the French term chanson balladée ("dancing
songs"). From the medieval period to the 18th century, the ballad style was
characteristic of the popular folk songs that spread from the British Isles to
Europe, Oceania, Northern Africa, and the New World. /Ballad music
 Romantic lyrics are essential when it comes to ballads, as most of them tell a
sentimental story through short stanzas.
 Many ballads tells a story, most of ballad songs are slow and emotionally
evocative
 Examples of Filipino ballad artists:
- Rey Valera - Ben & Ben
- Moira Dela Torre - Yeng Constantino
- December Avenue - Sarah Geronimo

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 also known as “primitive music”

 a song originating among the people of a country or area, passed by oral

 Folk music artists/bands

Philippine Folk songs

Philippine Romantic/Ballad music

 A ballad is a simple song consisting of verses with stanzas and a common

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