Introduction: The genre of popular music has thoroughly saturated every aspect of the music industry with catchy tunes, relatable lyrics, standard music notation, and popularity vote. The portrayal of this music is thought to be seen as the genre that is taking over from all other genres due to the popularity with the accessible availability that comes with it, and having a specific target group that they are able to pull in. My thesis states that the music for this topic identifies and evaluates the differences between popular music and classical music genre, with the overarching view that popular music is expected to acquire the attention of the listeners and to relate to every situations that the listener goes through.
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This is because for popular music there is a specific style for the chord progression that makes a pop song a pop song. In a chapter in the textbook The Musician’s Guide to Theory and Analysis, it talks about the popular music chord progression. The textbook says the chord progression is I V VI IV (Clendinning). This progression makes the popular music stand out and catchy to some. The textbook says that these chords are the base for the song and that all a musician has to do it repeat them in any way they would like and the song would sound like a pop song. Since there are many variations that can occur in this chord progression the song will differ from piece to piece.
Classical Music: Classical music is said to be the best music that one can listen to. In an article by Roger Mantie he brings up how classical music is “warned about the need for the profession to shape public policy in music and the arts, in order ‘to ensure that classical traditions thrive, that esoteric musics out of the popular mainstream are valued’”(Mantie). As the article goes on Mantie continues to go on about what is being learned in secondary education music classes and says:
“One does not find many (if any) examples of popular music in the widely …show more content…
He continues his study with quantitative research typically treated as marker of cultural prestige. In his article he say “An analysis based on the preference for the broad classical music genre thus risks missing important subdivisions made by the respondents… Furthermore, these subdivisions within the classical genre might comprehend specific subgroups of the population(Vlegels). He goes on to say how there are subgroups of classical and thoes groups are what show what genre is better than the
Relatable Lyrics: …show more content…
This is because for popular music there is a specific style for the chord progression that makes a pop song a pop song. In a chapter in the textbook The Musician’s Guide to Theory and Analysis, it talks about the popular music chord progression. The textbook says the chord progression is I V VI IV (Clendinning). This progression makes the popular music stand out and catchy to some. The textbook says that these chords are the base for the song and that all a musician has to do it repeat them in any way they would like and the song would sound like a pop song. Since there are many variations that can occur in this chord progression the song will differ from piece to piece.
Classical Music: Classical music is said to be the best music that one can listen to. In an article by Roger Mantie he brings up how classical music is “warned about the need for the profession to shape public policy in music and the arts, in order ‘to ensure that classical traditions thrive, that esoteric musics out of the popular mainstream are valued’”(Mantie). As the article goes on Mantie continues to go on about what is being learned in secondary education music classes and says:
“One does not find many (if any) examples of popular music in the widely …show more content…
He continues his study with quantitative research typically treated as marker of cultural prestige. In his article he say “An analysis based on the preference for the broad classical music genre thus risks missing important subdivisions made by the respondents… Furthermore, these subdivisions within the classical genre might comprehend specific subgroups of the population(Vlegels). He goes on to say how there are subgroups of classical and thoes groups are what show what genre is better than the