22.1: BIRTH OF ROCK N’ ROLL

To-Do Date: Mar 19 at 11:59pm
Birth of Rock n' Roll

 

Essential Questions

  • How do musicians make meaningful connections to creating, performing, and responding?
  • How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?
  • How do the other arts, other disciplines, contexts, and daily life inform creating, performing, and responding to music?
  • How does understanding an artists expressive intent help us comprehend, interpret, and personally relate to an artistic work.
  Never forget, rock'n'roll was invented by a queer black woman

Key Vocabulary

  • Rock and Roll
  • Evolution and Influence
  • Genres and Styles
  • Instruments of Rock N’ Roll: piano, keyboard, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, voice, organ
  • Styles of Rock N’ Roll: Rockabilly, Doo Wop, Blues, Folk, Garage Rock
 Women Who Rock: In the Pages of Rolling Stone | Joan jett, Women in music, Singer 

Technical Skills

  • Hearing chord changes
  • Differentiating instrument timbres
  • Keeping steady beat
 We Speak Her Name: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Godmother of Rock N Roll — Dear Black Women