How Do You Appreciate Different Styles Of Music?
• Choose appropriate music for the environment. Everything is easier to appreciate when it’s matched well with a suitable environment. • A good rock song by Aerosmith would be better appreciated in a high volume environment, and a classic soul piece by Barry White or Issac Hayes is better when played in a quiet room since they sing slow jams that are sensual or romantic. • Salsa wouldn’t sound appropriate in a fancy, up-scale opera house in Washington D.C. However, it would sound perfect in a dance club in Miami. • Learn about its origins. • Rock and roll originated in the 1950’s with Elvis Presley and was popularized by The Beatles. • Rap/Hip hop began in New York in the 1970s. DJ Cool Herc is generally considered the father of hip-hop, which grew out of the all night dance parties that he threw in the Bronx after moving there from Jamaica. • R&B, or Rhythm and Blues, was created in the late 1940s and eventually, in the 1950s -60s it evolved into soul. • No one person really knows whe
