Music and World
Music
Unit 21 (SBII)
World Music
What was the oldest music like?
The first music was not written down.
Then how was music learned in the
ancient times?
The old folk music was passed down orally
from one generation to another. Some old
performers of music could even learn
hundreds of songs by heart.
Main idea for each paragraph:
Two important kinds of music
written down or not; earn a living
Folk music
pass down from; families or friends; be about
Early performers
popular and respected; learn by heart; in praise of
Music in the streets
nowadays; passers-by; coins
There are ___ kinds of music in the world , one is
____and ____ . Folk music has____ down from ___
to____. It was about ___ life, the seasons, ____ and
plants, and about _____and _____ in people’s lives.
Early music performers used to learn hundreds of
songs ___. They used to act and sing ___ heroes on
____. African music plays an ___in people’s lives,
especially for ____ and at festivals and ____ when
people dance all ___ . ____music has ____ notes to
follow. _____ music was developed by the slaves
from ____. West Indians ____ musical instruments
out of ______. Jazz was born in___around 1890. It
came from ____ song sung by ____and had its
_____ in Africa .
Without music, life is a journey
through a desert.
---Pat Conroy
The history of a people is found
in its songs.
---George Jellinek