2016-01-12 Core: 2 music genres

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Next Monday, January 18, the school will be closed for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.
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p. 21 - The picture shows folk dancing.
folktale, folk music, folksong, folklore
folk = common people (not kings or queens or rich people)
What other traditional dances do you know about?
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parts 2-3 - with a partner, find the word that doesn’t fit in part 2 and then discuss the questions in part 3
2 play (the others are people)
3 dancer (the others are entertainment events)
4 act (the others are people)
5 singer (the others are groups)
6 clown (the others are types of performance)
7 drummer (the others are types of music)
8 hiking (the others are ways of performing)

choreography, choir, chorus (and related words) - the ‘ch’ has a /k/ sound
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p. 22 part 1 - what types of music do you like? What types don’t you like?
(We use the word “genre” to describe types of music, books, and movies.)
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part 2 - Where do you think these genres are from? (Guess if you don’t know for sure.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC4DDkye8FU (blues)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffHgfYvmpHw (bossa nova)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2E4_CwL-Wg (charanga)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on9lKHZc5jA (fado)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqxJMCQxb_Q (flamenco)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkOkDI3RFvM (hoomii)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdB-8eLEW8g (reggae)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zSa6Zz2Zrs (taiko drumming)
1 c
2 d
3 b
4 g
5 f
6 e
7 a
8 h
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p. 22 part 3 - use these words to describe the genres you listened to (check a dictionary if you don’t know the words)
catchy = easy to remember (easy to get “stuck” in your head)
cheerful = happy, upbeat
lively = energetic
melancholy = a little bit sad
melodic = with a clear melody or tune (that you can hum or sing)
moving = gives strong emotions (especially of sadness)
repetitive = repeats the same sounds or rhythms many many times
rhythmic = with a strong rhythm or beat
tuneless = not melodic (without a tune or melody)
unusual = strange, not something you’re familiar with
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BREAK
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John Cage’s piece 4’33 is 4 minutes and 33 seconds of “silence”.
(It might be performance art, but not music.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTCVnKROlos - TEDx talk about whether it’s music or not
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in-joke = a joke that only makes sense to people in a certain group
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A DJ mixes two songs together. (A “mashup” does the same thing.)
Remixes do this with a song that already exists, in a new way.
Fusion mixes multiple styles together.
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p. 22 part 4 - Listen to the radio program about world fusion music and complete the sentences
1 influences
2 six
3 Zulu
4 British
5 singer (audio script p. 173)
6 Belgium
part 5 - Listen again and correct the errors in these sentences (and complete the answers above)
1 Manu Chao has not been successful in the English-speaking world.
2 World fusion has become better-known since the release of Paul Simon’s album Graceland.
3 Peter Gabriel has been a part of WOMAD for many years. / since the 1980s.
4 Zap Mama has had several international hits.
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What tense are these sentences in? - present perfect
present perfect = subject + have/has + past participle
(The past participle of regular verbs is the same as the simple past form.)

Zap Mama has had several international hits. (There were hits in the past, and there can be more in the future.)
Zap Mama had several international hits. (There were hits in the past, but there won’t be any more.)
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Forms:
+ : subject + have/has + past participle
Peter Gabriel has been part of WOMAD for many years.

- : subject + have/has + not + past participle
Manu Chao has not been successful in the English-speaking world.

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y/n : have/has + subject + past participle
Have you been to Paris? Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.
(With perfect tenses, “been to” means “gone and returned”.)

information : wh-word/phrase + have/has + subject + past participle
How long have you been here?
    (subject question : wh-=subject + have/has + past participle
    Who has been to Paris?)
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Formally, “whom” is the object, “who” is the subject:
Who called them? (He called them.)
Whom did they call? (They called him.)
more common: Who did they call?

“Who” and “every” are grammatically singular, even if they mean many people.
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Have you done the homework? (I’m asking about specific homework, like from yesterday.)
Have you ever done the homework? (I’m asking about your whole life.)
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I have lived in Boston for 8 years. (for + quantity of time) “For how long?”
I have lived in Boston since 2008. (since + point in time) “Since when?”
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I have (already) graduated from high school (already). (earlier than expected)
I haven’t (yet) graduated from high school (yet). (no, but it will happen soon)
Have you graduated from high school yet? (if I have no idea)
Have you (already) graduated from high school (already)? (if I expect the answer to be “yes”)
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Homework: Listen to the artists described in the listening, and use adjectives from p. 22 part 3 to describe them. Also decide which one(s) you like or dislike (with vocabulary from part 1).

Manu Chao
Paul Simon (without Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (without Paul Simon)
Peter Gabriel
Youssou N’Dour
Zap Mama
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(Your project Friday will be to design an entertainment event to raise money for a charity of your choice.)