Parent's Signature Learning Activity Sheet 3 POPULAR MUSIC Pop is a genre of popular music that orginated in its modem for during the mid-1950s in the United Stoles and the United Kingdom. The femms popular music and pop music oro oflen used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparote styles. During the 1950s and 1960s pop encompassed rock and roll and the youth oriented styles il influenced, Rock and pop remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which pop became associaled with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible Although much of the music that appears on record charts is seen as pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Identifying lactors usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, urban, dance, Latin, and country. Example 1: Define the following terms. Standards Standards are traditional compositions originaling from the 1910s and onward which have become widely known, performed, and recorded across the world. The earliest Standards were products of the First World War era, most commonly found in Broadway and Hollywood show tunes. Ballad A ballad is a type of poem that is sometimes set to music. The ballad actually began as a folk song and continues today in popular music. POP music Pop music is a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of popular music. Pop music is an ample and imprecise category of modem music. As a genre, pop music is very electric often borrowing elements from other styles including urban, dance and rock. Your Task Give me an example of I song per genre and explain why the song belongs to that genre.
