Jazz
Definition Characteristics
Jazz is a gender of music that
originates from various African
American rhythms and melodies. It
emerged in the late 19th century in
the United States and, over the
years, spread throughout the world.
The main characteristic of jazz is
that it does not adhere in a
structured way to a score, but is
based on improvisation and free
interpretation. The usual thing,
anyway, is that the musicians play
a known theme within a certain
harmonic framework, and that they
let their imagination run wild to
decorate and modify it according to
inspiration.
Singers Songs
Billie holiday: Born in 1915 in Louis Armstrong – What a
Philadelphia, she was one of the wonderful world y
North American jazz singers who
most influenced the history of this Nina Simone – Feeling good
genre.
Louis Armstrong: He was an
American singer, trumpeter and
director, born in 1900 and died in
1971.

Definition
Musical style born in the 1960s as a
derivation of rock and roll and
characterized by the use of
complex melodies and rhythms,
with a fairly fixed instrumentation
(basically electric guitar, electric
bass, keyboard and drums) and
with an energetic rhythm
underlined for the power of the
bass and the drums, all this often
linked to an anti-authoritarian and
provocative attitude; It has
developed a multitude of variants
and has given way to new styles,
such as pop, punk or heavy.
Rock
Characteristics Singers Songs
Queen is a classic rock We are the shampions
The structure: In its beginnings, and throughout its
history with modifications, the structure of rock has band created in London,
Come has you are
certain characteristics that marked its style. Thus, England in 1970 led by the
this musical genre is based on a type of short late Freddie Mercury after
verses, based on a few chords, which are
distributed between the verses and the chorus with
the group's breakup
a constant rhythm. The solos: The incorporation of
Nirvana was a famous
instrumental solos in the songs stands out,
American grunge band,
replacing the sung phrases in certain stanzas.
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The themes One of the characteristics of rock is to
(not from Seattle, Kurt
explicitly reflect other realities such as sex, war,
himself did not accept the
vices and death, among others.
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In turn, rock also brought a great sense of self-
referencing to its lyrics, with many artists sharing
their intimacies within the scene.
Social criticism was also on the agenda. Thus, rock
collected many of the facts and concerns of
contemporary societies.
Amplification : One of the central features in the
appearance of rock was the electronic evolution
that was allowed by the amplification systems that
marked the beginning of the genre. Also, the
presence of microphones for the voices and other
instruments, indicated a new way in the way of
making and listening to music.