Thursday, 3 May 2012

Music for Voices

A Pop Ballad

  • An slow emotional love song
  • Usually a standard set up
  • Normally accompanied by guitar or keyboard


Enrique Iglesias

Whitney Houston



Folk Song

  • A song traditionally sung by the people of a region and usually forms part of their culture
  • Mainly british isles and America
  • Usually just a simple strummed accompaniment usually on guitar
  • Sometimes sung A Cappella
  • In verse structure
  • Dont always have a chorus
  • The lyrics tend to tell a story
  • Sometimes the story they are telling is political
Bob Dylan



The Dubliners


Madrigal
  • A song for two or a three unaccompanied
  • Developed in Italy in the late 13th century
  • Not really written now
  • Most popular in the 1300-1400's
  • No more than 6 singers
  • Pieces about everyday life
  • Not religious (secular)
April is my Mistress' Face



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