Monday, December 8, 2008

Styles of Popular Music

Outline: Style of Popular Music

I. Introduction:
Popular music varies from culture to culture and from generation to generation.
Thesis statement: Three of the more successful styles are reggae, punk, and rap.

II. Body:
A. One successful style of popular music is reggae.
1. Born on the Caribbean island of jamaica in the 1960s.
a. Spread throughout the world in the West.
2. Developed from mento.
a. Was sung and played on guitars and drums.
b. Musicians changed mento into a music style called ska.
3. Reggae's special sound comes from reversing the roles of the instruments.
a. Guitar palys rhythm and bassplays melody.

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