Lesson 77 of 84 · Music History
⭐ 30 XP🎻 Music History HallThe Blues: Deep South Origins (Part 3)
Hip-hop began in the 1970s in the Bronx, New York.
🎯 Your mission
Listen with your eyes closed. Then open them and read about it.
⚡ The twist
Old doesn't mean boring. Some 300-year-old music still slaps.
Listen for this
🎧 What instruments are NOT here that we'd hear today?
Artist Spotlight
🌟 Beethoven kept writing music even after he went completely deaf.
Mind = Blown
🤯 Beethoven's 9th symphony is the song the European Union plays for itself.
Learn about the blues: deep south origins (part 3): understand how recording technology changed music
What You'll Learn
Hip-hop began in the 1970s in the Bronx, New York. DJs, MCs, breakdancers, and graffiti artists created a new culture.
Understand how recording technology changed music
Identify contributions of women in music history
Notes on the Staff
Tap a note to hear it
Check Your Understanding
Question 1 of 3
Who is known as the 'Father of the Symphony'?
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.
Find one famous musician you've never heard of. Listen to one song.
For the dinner table
“Tell me about the music you loved when you were my age.”
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