1、music201108010414Whats music? Music is the sound of our soul . It is not only a kind of symbolic that expresses peoples feelings and thoughts , but also a form of social behaviors , reflecting social life. People can communicate with each other through music without the limitations of language or ti

2、me.R&B（節(jié)奏布魯斯）Rock&Roll(搖滾)Pop music（流行音樂）Hip-Hop（嘻哈）popular musicDifferent Types Of MusicJazz（爵士樂 ）Country music（鄉(xiāng)村音樂）Popular music is a kind of attractive music which has a large amount of audiences . It has several different forms .Music can generally be divided into two kinds , classical music an

3、d popular music.Jay-ZThe godfather of Rap（說唱界教父 ）Real Name（本名）Shawn Carter American hip-hop music artist. He married with Beyonce On April 4th , 2008.His songs are very popular in America , especially among those NBA stars.美國嘻哈音樂藝術(shù)家。于2008年4月4日與碧昂絲結(jié)婚。NBA大部分球員都是聽著JAY-Z的歌長大的。Country music 鄉(xiāng)村音樂鄉(xiāng)村音樂是一種當(dāng)代

4、的流行音樂，起源于美國南部與阿帕拉契山區(qū)。鄉(xiāng)村音樂的根源可追溯至1920年代，融合了傳統(tǒng)民謠音樂、凱爾特音樂、福音音樂及古時(shí)音樂。鄉(xiāng)村音樂的曲調(diào)，一般都很流暢、動聽，曲式結(jié)構(gòu)也比較簡單。 Country music is a kind of contemporary pop music, originated in the southern United States and Appalachia mountains. Country music is rooted in the 1920s, the traditional folk music, integration Gospel mus

5、ic and music, Celtic in music. Country music melody, generally very smooth phrasing structure, beautiful, also is simple.Common instruments used in country music include the fiddle, banjo, and slide-guitar.Taylor Swift 泰勒斯威夫特是美國最受歡迎的歌手之一。她出生于1989年12月3日。她年輕貌美，善于歌唱。她大部分的歌都是鄉(xiāng)村音樂,但也有流行音樂，嘻哈，搖滾。泰勒僅僅在3年內(nèi)就

6、贏得了22個獎項(xiàng)，并且還有35項(xiàng)提名。她贏得了2009年MTV最佳女藝人獎。她還獲得了2009年的年度藝人獎，泰勒是該獎項(xiàng)有史以來最年輕的獲獎?wù)?。Taylor Swift is one of the most popular singers in America. She is born on December 3rd, 1989. She is very young and beautiful. She is also very good at singing. Her songs are always country music, but there are also pop music,

7、 hip-hop, and rock. Taylor has won over 22 awards in only 3 years. She also had 35 nominations . She won the 2009 MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Artist . She also won the 2009 Entertainer of the Year award at the CMAs. Taylor is the youngest artist ever received that honor. Jazz Jazz is a sty

8、le of music that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th century American pop

9、ular music. Rock&roll搖滾樂Bill Haley Bill Haley was called the father of rock, founder of the rock. Bill Haley 被稱之為搖滾樂之父，也是搖滾樂的創(chuàng)始人。 Pop MusicPop music, often called simply pop, is contemporary music and a common type of popular music (distinguished from classical or art music and from folk music1). The term does not refer specifically to a single genre or sound, and its meaning is different depending on the time and place. Within popular music, pop music is often distinguished from other subgenres by stylistic traits such as a danceable rhythm or beat,