Презентация "The History of a Song"

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  The History of a Song How all that began

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  This is a song A song is the simplest and the most popular form of vocal music. It combines lyrics with pleasant and, as a rule, easily remembered melody. All nations and nationalities have their own songs in their own languages.

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  They are so different… Songs are different in genres, style, ways of performing and other things. They can be sung by one person, a group of performers and by a big chorus. Songs can be accompanied by music or performed without it. Such style of music is called a cappella. Traditionally songs are divided into couplets which are usually followed by a refrain.

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  Ancient times The history of a song goes bad to ancient Greece. Hellenic poets created different kinds of music, for example, an elegy, a hymn, a drinking song, a love song and others.

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  Middle ages The song genre was developed in ancient times – there were created such musical pieces as canzone – a song about true and fair knight’s love; rondo, serenade – a song for a beloved woman; ballade – a song about heroic, epic or mythological event. The singers of that period were usually wondering from one place to another, performing to those who would listen and pay. They were called troubadours or minnesingers.

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  Modern songs Nowadays there are many types of songs. The most popular among them are: author’s or bard’s songs, folk, pop, rock, romance and many others.

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  Questions What is a song? How do the songs differ? What does a cappella mean? When and where did the songs start? Who performed songs in ancient times? What are the modern types of songs? What’s your favourite genre of song? Why?

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Презентация к уроку английского языка в 8 классе "История песни", тема "Музыка". 

Рассказывается, что такое соло, куплет, припев, а капелла, когда и как появилась песня.  

Представлены различные жанры и виды песни.  

Фолк, рок, романс, речитатив, соло, хор.  

Презентация содержит активные ссылки на различные музыкальные фрагменты. 

Автор – финалист Всероссийского конкурса преподавателейEnglishandAmericanStudies, финалист SecondarySchoolExchangeProgramme, победитель Национального приоритетного проекта «Образование», призёр конкурса «Открытый урок для Президента РФ»