1. Introduction

2. Blackface Minstrelsy

3. Sheet Music

4. Sheet Music (cont.)

5. Conclusion

6. Lesson 1 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Tin Pan Alley

3. Tin Pan Alley Promotional Techniques

4. The Music of Tin Pan Alley

5. Tin Pan Alley Song Types

6. Ragtime

7. Ragtime and Tin Pan Alley

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 2 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Musical and Poetic Form of the 12-Bar Blues

3. Rural Blues

4. Urban Blues

5. Boogie Woogie

6. Commercial or Arranged Blues

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 3 Assessment

1. New Orleans: The Birthplace of Jazz

2. Musical Components of New Orleans Jazz

3. Key Figures in New Orleans Jazz

4. New Orleans on the Move

5. Recording Jazz

6. Conclusion

7. Lesson 4 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Music Consumption in the Swing Era

3. Society Syncopators

4. Big Bands

5. White Swing Bandleaders

6. Kansas City Swing

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 5 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. From Tin Pan Alley to Broadway Musical

3. The Composers of Broadway

4. The Age of Great Standards

5. Conclusion

6. Lesson 6 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Earliest Country Music

3. The Earliest Country Music (cont.)

4. Marketing and Consuming Hillbilly Music

5. The Rise of Country and Western Music

6. The Rise of Country and Western Music (cont.)

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 7 Assessment

Written Assignment #1

1. Introduction

2. Louis Armstrong

3. Frank Sinatra

4. Rosemary Clooney

5. Tony Bennett

6. Perry Como

7. Doris Day

8. Patti Page

9. The Boswell Sisters

10. The Andrews Sisters

11. The Golden Gate Quartet

12. The Ink Spots

13. The Hit Parade

14. Conclusion

15. Lesson 8 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Gospel Music

3. Vocal Harmony Groups

4. Early Rhythm and Blues

5. From Gospel to Rhythm and Blues

6. Rhythm and Blues Crosses Over

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 9 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. New Technologies and Means of Consumption

3. Alan Freed

4. Cover Versions

5. Elvis’s Cover Versions

6. Sam Phillips and Sun Records

7. Colonel Tom Parker and Presley at RCA-Victor

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 10 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Rockabilly

3. Jerry Lee Lewis

4. Johnny Cash

5. Other Rockabilly Stars

6. Buddy Holly and the Crickets

7. The Day the Music Died

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 11 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Payola

3. American Bandstand

4. The Teen Idol

5. Brill Building

6. Conclusion

7. Lesson 12 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Rise of the Producer

3. Phil Spector

4. Girl Groups

5. Surf Rock

6. Conclusion

7. Lesson 13 Assessment

Written Assignment #2

1. Introduction

2. The African American Presence in Pop

3. Motown 1

4. Motown 2

5. Motown 3

6. Atlantic and Stax

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 14 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Rock and Roll in the United Kingdom

3. Becoming the Beatles

4. Becoming the Beatles (cont.)

5. Beatlemania

6. The Music of the Beatles

7. From Songs to Recordings

8. Making the Rolling Stones

9. Jagger and Richards as Songwriters

10. Breaking into the United States

11. The Rolling Stones’ Music

12. Conclusion

13. Lesson 15 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Garage Bands

3. Rock on TV

4. Rock Made for TV (cont.)

5. Conclusion

6. Lesson 16 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Roots of Bluegrass

3. Bill Monroe and the Birth of Bluegrass

4. Bill Monroe and the Birth of Bluegrass (cont.)

5. Bluegrass Takes Off

6. Bluegrass and the Folk Music Revival

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 17 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Folk Music Before the 1960s

3. Authentic vs. Commercial

4. Bob Dylan

5. Bob Dylan (cont.)

6. The Rise of Folk Rock

7. Dylan’s Influence During the 1960s

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 18 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Toward a Higher Consciousness

3. The Ambitious Single

4. The Ambitious Single (cont.)

5. Psychedelic Rock

6. Psychedelic Rock (cont.)

7. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 19 Assessment

1. Midterm Exam

1. Introduction

2. Country Rock

3. Country Rock (cont.)

4. Southern Rock 1

5. Southern Rock 2

6. Southern Rock 3

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 21 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Music and the Civil Rights Movement

3. James Brown

4. James Brown (cont.)

5. James Brown’s Band

6. Other Spokespeople for Black Power

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 22 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Language of Funk

3. Sly and the Family Stone

4. Sly and the Family Stone (cont.)

5. George Clinton and P-Funk

6. George Clinton and P-Funk (cont.)

7. Funk and the Media

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 23 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Country Music on Television

3. Honky-Tonk Returns

4. Honky-Tonk Returns (cont.)

5. Women in Country Music

6. The Outlaws of Country Music

7. The Outlaws of Country Music (cont.)

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 24 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Hard Rock: Early Examples

3. Hard Rock: Early Examples

4. Hard Rock: Early Examples

5. Led Zeppelin (cont.)

6. Led Zeppelin’s Influence

7. Heavy Metal’s Musical Style

8. British Heavy Metal

9. American Heavy Metal

10. Conclusion

11. Lesson 25 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Predecessors and Roots of Disco

3. The Music and Technology of Disco

4. The Music and Technology of Disco (cont.)

5. Disco Enters the Mainstream

6. Disco Enters the Mainstream (cont.)

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 26 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Roots of Punk: The Velvet Underground

3. New York Punk

4. The Musical Language of New Wave

5. New Wave at CBGB

6. New Wave Looks Backward

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 27 Assessment

Written Assignment #3

1. Introduction

2. The Technology of Techno

3. Roots of Techno

4. Chicago House Music

5. Detroit Techno 1

6. Detroit Techno 2

7. Detroit Techno 3

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 28 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Invention of MTV

3. A Second British Invasion?

4. A Second British Invasion? (cont.)

5. Race and MTV: The Case of Michael Jackson

6. Race and MTV: The Case of Michael Jackson (cont.)

7. Sex, Feminism, and MTV: The Case of Madonna

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 29 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Second Generation of British Heavy Metal

3. The Second Generation of British Heavy Metal (cont.)

4. American Heavy Metal

5. American Heavy Metal (cont.)

6. Hair Metal

7. Trash Metal

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 30 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Roots of Hip-Hop

3. The Roots of Hip-Hop (cont.)

4. Early Commercial Hip-Hop

5. Hip-Hop Goes Mainstream

6. Hip-Hop Goes Mainstream (cont.)

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 31 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Political Hip-Hop

3. Sample Based Hip-Hop

4. Sample Based Hip-Hop (cont.)

5. Gangsta Rap

6. Pop Rap

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 32 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Rise of Alternative Rock

3. Grunge Rock

4. Grunge Rock (cont.)

5. Riot Grrrls

6. Jam Bands

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 33 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Listening to Music in the 1990s

3. Britpop

4. Industrial

5. Industrial (cont.)

6. Pop Punk

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 34 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Dr. Dre and the West Coast Style

3. Dr. Dre and the West Coast Style (cont.)

4. East Coast Hip-Hop

5. East Coast vs. West Coast 1

6. East Coast vs. West Coast 2

7. East Coast vs. West Coast 3

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 35 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Rap Meets Rock 1

3. Rap Meets Rock 2

4. Rap Meets Rock 3

5. Everything but the Kitchen Sink

6. Everything but the Kitchen Sink (cont.)

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 36 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. SoundScan

3. New Country, Old Country

4. New Country, Old Country (cont.)

5. Garth Brooks

6. Garth Brooks (cont.)

7. 1990s Country Superstars

8. 1990s Country Superstars (cont.)

9. Conclusion

10. Lesson 37 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Post-9/11 Clear Channel Memorandum

3. The Post-9/11 Clear Channel Memorandum (cont.)

4. Country Musicians React to 9/11

5. The Dixie Chicks’ Response

6. The Dixie Chicks’ Response (cont.)

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 38 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. American Idol

3. American Idol (cont.)

4. YouTube

5. Streaming Audio

6. The Mash-Up

7. The Mash-Up (cont.)

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 39 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Conjunto

3. The Accordion

4. The Accordion (cont.)

5. Corrido

6. Corrido (cont.)

7. Ranchera

8. Lydia Mendoza

9. 1950s Conjunto and Valerio Longoria

10. El Conjunto Bernal

11. Conclusion

12. Lesson 40 Assessment

Written Assignment #4

1. 1950s and 60s: Joining the Mainstream

2. 1960s and 70s: La Onda Chicana

3. Little Joe

4. Jimmy Gonzalez y Mazz and David Lee Garza y los Musicales

5. Patsy Torres

6. East Los Angeles Rock: Los Lobos

7. East Los Angeles Rock: Los Lobos (cont.)

8. Linda Rondstadt: Mariachi

9. Mariachi Vargas and Mexican Mariachi

10. Traje de Charro

11. Son jalisciense (Song from Jalisco)

12. 1990s: Latino PrideTraje de Charro

13. Selena

14. Conclusion

15. Lesson 41 Assessment

1. Final Exam