Module COUNTRY MUSIC in the US Mrs Carla L Histand MEd COUNTRY LESSON 1 OF 6 Introduction to Country Music Mrs Histand Country Music a general overview Burl Ives sings Ghost Riders in the Sky ID: 1042819
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1. Culture & Songs in EnglishModule: COUNTRY MUSIC in the U.S.Mrs. Carla L. Histand, M.Ed.
2. COUNTRYLESSON #1 OF 6
3. Introduction to Country MusicMrs. Histand
4. Country Music: a general overviewBurl Ives sings: Ghost Riders in the Sky1949What is it?An old cowpoke went ridin' out one dark and windy dayUpon a ridge he rested as he went along his wayWhen all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he sawA plowin' through the ragged skies, and up a cloudy draw(chorus)Yippie eye-ay! Yippie eye-oh! The ghost herd in the sky
5. Country Music: a general overviewCharley Pride sings: Kiss an Angel Good Morning1971What is it?Whenever I chance to meet some old friends on the streetThey wonder how does a man get to be this wayI've always got a smilin' face any time and any placeAnd every time they ask me why I just smile and say(chorus)You've got to kiss an angel good mornin‘And let her know you think about her when you're goneKiss an angel good mornin' and love her like a devil when you get back home
6. Country Music: a general overviewCarrie Underwood sings: Something in the Water2014What is it?He said I've been where you've been beforeDown every hallway's a slamming doorNo way out, no one to come and save meWasting a life that the Good Lord gave youThere's somebody saying what I'm saying to youOpen my eyes and told me truthHe said: just a little faith and it'll all get betterSo I followed that preacher man down to the river and now I'm changedAnd now I'm strongerThere must've been something in the waterOh there must've been something in the water
7. Country Music: a general overviewCountry music is a genre of music that is distinctly American What is it?
8. Country Music: a general overviewThe banjo and guitar make us think of images from the “old west”…Cowboys with pistols, cowboy hats, leather boots and lassosRiding horses on a dusty trail, driving cattle and singing songs into the windTelling stories or singing after the evening meal around a campfireWhat is it?
9. Country Music: a general overviewThese sounds and images are deeply etched into the minds of AmericansWhat is it?
10. chord a group of three or more notes sounded together (for harmony)for example: in the key of C Major one chord would be C+E+G together. (The name of this chord is “C Major”)XXXI MajNew vocabulary
11. chord progression any series of chords that repeats itself(for example: a common chord progression in C Major key would be the repeated series of F Maj, G Maj and C Maj)GMajX X XX X XX X XNew vocabularyFMajG MajF MajCMajCMaj
12. New vocabulary harmonya combination of two or more tones sounded together which are pleasing to the ear The Pentatonics
13. Harmony, melody and rhythm are the three primary elements of music.
14. end lesson oneLesson #2 History of Country Music