Lesson 56 of 84 · Music History
⭐ 30 XP🎻 Music History HallHow Notation Evolved (Part 2)
Music and social movements intertwine: protest songs powered civil rights, anti-war, and labor movements around the world.
🎯 Your mission
Steal one trick from a master. Use it your way.
⚡ The twist
Old doesn't mean boring. Some 300-year-old music still slaps.
Listen for this
🎧 Close your eyes. What does this music make you picture?
Artist Spotlight
🌟 Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, wrote about computers playing music in 1843.
Mind = Blown
🤯 The first pop song to hit a billion plays online took 3 years. Now it happens in months.
Learn about how notation evolved (part 2): 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
Tap a note to hear it
Check Your Understanding
Question 1 of 3
What famous work did Beethoven compose while losing his hearing?
Where you hear this in real life
Today's pop hit borrows from 70 years of music history without anyone noticing.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Listen to one song from before your parents were born this week.
For the dinner table
“Tell me about the music you loved when you were my age.”
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