Sun 29 Jun 2008
Sublime_yo! asked:
My Jazz history teacher said all styles of music have originated from historical events and the like, but he didn’t elaborate. I want some examples of HOW.
My Jazz history teacher said all styles of music have originated from historical events and the like, but he didn’t elaborate. I want some examples of HOW.
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July 2nd, 2008 at 2:01 pm
For example, the 1960’s, younger people didn’t really like the formal swing music of their parents, and preferred other music like rock and roll. Also in the sixties, there were events happening like the war and riots which could have influenced some types of music to come about. Folk music had protest lyrics, and psychedelic music was intended to recreate the effects of LSD. So I guess you could say a drug influenced music in this case. Funk had influences with black racial issues in the 60’s and still other types of music were for the church and part of a long tradition. I hope this helps somewhat. Certain events might have brought about genres of music as you move from swing to rock and roll to rock for example with some of the above stated.