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COLLEGE ORAL COMMUNICATION 1


Web Power Activities
Chapter 1: The Power of Music
Activity 1
Musical Genres: When people talk about music, you hear words like hip hop, reggae, easy
listening, pop, bluegrass, country, classical, or heavy metal. But what do those words mean?
These are different musical genres, categories.
One way to learn about musical genres is to go to websites that sell music. At these websites,
you can listen to music even if you dont buy anything.
Go to the websites listed below, and listen to music in 5 different genres. What are your two
favorite genres?
Note: If you dont want to buy something, dont give your credit card information.
Here are some links:
#1
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/104-1511768-9919939
Or you can just type in http://www.amazon.com
HINT: In the Amazon website, go to the sidebar and click on Music. Music is under the
Books, Music, DVD category. Type in the name of a musician, or choose a genre. Then pick
a subgenre. There are some featured albums that you can click on to listen to.
To listen to the music, pick an album. Then scroll to Product Details. There you will see a
list of songs on the album. Click on a song to listen.
#2 Here are some other links:
http://www.putumayo.com/
http://www.cduniverse.com
http://www.cdconnection.com/bin/nph-main/z5T9iTKMnm2e.b

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Activity 2
Listening to Musical Subgenres: Within a musical genre, there are many subgenres. For
example, jazz is a genre. There are many different kinds of jazz, or subgenres, such as
Dixieland or Jazz fusion.

African (49)

Middle Eastern (32)

Blues (166)

Military (11)

Caribbean (29)

Musicals@

Children's (4)

New Age (7)

Classical (908)

Novelty (23)

Country (230)

R&B and Soul (165)

Electronic (380)

Rap and Hip-Hop (357)

Folk and Traditional (371)

Reggae (78)

Industrial (86)

Religious and Devotional (335)

Jazz (426)

Rock and Pop (1307)

Latin (149)

Theme Music (2)

March (14)

World Fusion@

Go to the link below:


http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/music/genres/
Choose five genres in the list above. Find two subgenres for these five genres.
Also, click on the boldface links to the subgenres below. Answer the following questions:
Which genre does salsa belong to?
Which genre does gospel belong to?
Which genre does bluegrass belong to?
Which genre does baroque belong to?
Which genre does heavy metal belong to?
Go to the websites in Activity One, and listen to these five subgenres. Which one do you
like best?
To learn more about musical genres, go to the following websites:
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/arts/genres.htm
http://datadragon.com/education/

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