Lesson 24 of 84 · Music History

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How Notation Evolved

🎵Stage Brief #24

Music and social movements intertwine: protest songs powered civil rights, anti-war, and labor movements around the world.

🎯 Your mission

Find what made this music change everything.

⚡ The twist

Every musician you love stole from someone else first.

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Listen for this

🎧 What instruments are NOT here that we'd hear today?

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Artist Spotlight

🌟 Louis Armstrong invented modern jazz singing by accident — he dropped his lyric sheet on stage.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 Beethoven's 9th symphony is the song the European Union plays for itself.

Learn about how notation evolved: identify the influence of world music on western styles

What You'll Learn

Music and social movements intertwine: protest songs powered civil rights, anti-war, and labor movements around the world.

Identify the influence of world music on Western styles

Describe the role of music in film

Notes on the Staff

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Check Your Understanding

Question 1 of 3

What famous work did Beethoven compose while losing his hearing?

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Where you hear this in real life

Today's pop hit borrows from 70 years of music history without anyone noticing.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one famous musician you've never heard of. Listen to one song.

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For the dinner table

“Tell me about the music you loved when you were my age.”

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