OnMusic of the USA provides a comprehensive overview of the different musical traditions that form the rich musical tapestry of the United States.
Beginning with a broad introduction to basic music concepts and organizing elements, OnMusic of the USA helps your students dig deeper into the musical components so they can become more perceptive listeners. With this foundation in place, the text shifts focus onto exploring uniquely American music genres: Jazz, the Blues, ragtime, swing and big bands, country, Native American, rockabilly, bluegrass, soul, rock, and hip-hop. This panorama of the American music experience also covers deeply influential artists and the cultural impact of their music on American society.
Getting Started
This section does not have any lessons.Section 1: Basic Musical Concepts
Class 1: Can Music Have A Specific Purpose?
Class 2: The Performer’s Role
Class 3: Types of Listeners
Class 4: The Structure of Music
Class 5: Music Basics 1
Class 6: Music Basics 2
Class 7: Music Basics 3
Class 8: Ragtime, Popular Song, and the Jazz Roots of Rock
Class 9: Rural Blues and Urban Blues
Class 10: Other African American Roots of Rock
Class 11: Rhythm and Blues Becomes Rock and Roll
Class 12: American Popular Music in the Nineteenth Century
Class 13: Dixieland
Class 14: Swing and Big Bands
Section 2: Contemporary Genres
Class 15: Broadway and the Development of the American Musical
Class 16: Currents in America 1
Class 17: Currents in America 2
Class 18: Country Music Traditions in America
Class 19: Western Music
Class 20: Country Counterculture
Class 21: Elvis Presley
Class 22: Soul
Class 23: Folk and Folk Rock
Class 24: Fusion
Class 25: From Soul to Funk
Class 26: Hip-Hop
Class 27: Early Jazz
Class 28: Struttin’ With Some BBQ
Class 29: Swing in the 30’s and Duke Ellington
Section 3: Music of North America
Class 30: Bebop and the Advent of Modern Jazz
Class 31: Miles Davis, Modal Jazz, and Bill Evans
Class 32: John Coltrane
Class 33: Music in Native North America: Traditional and Intertribal Styles
Class 34: Musical Instruments of Native North America
Class 35: Pow-Wows: Southern and Northern