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The 1970s
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LAUNDRY LIST
1. Melody
2. Harmony
3. Rhythm
4. Form
5. Style
6. Mood
7. Timbre: Instrumentation / Vocal
8. Tempo
9. Dynamics
Elements of Music
LAUNDRY LIST
Melody: A logical succession of
musical tones, also
called
the tune.
Harmony: Combination of musical
notes sounded at the
same
time.
Rhythm: The patterns of sounds &
silences.
Form: The overall plan of a
LAUNDRY LIST
Style: unique way in which the
elements
of melody, rhythm, timbre,
texture,
harmony and form are
handled to
create a special “sound.”
Mood: state of mind or emotion that
is relayed in composed
music.
Timbre: Tone color, the unique
LAUNDRY LIST
Dynamics: The volume of sound,
the
loudness, or softness
of a
musical passage;
intensity,
power.
1970s - HISTORY
The 1960s and early 1970s were times of
great civil unrest and change.
Americans took on the issues of civil rights,
the Vietnam War, women's rights, and the
environment. Like the Civil War and the
Great Depression, the process of social
change during this period produced a number
of songs, many of which remain popular
today.
Source: Silver Burdett Making Music, pg. 286-288
1970s – SOCIAL ISSUES
Social Issues: During the 1960s and early
1970s, there was a rising tide of protest
against America's involvement in the
Vietnam War.
Unlike the popular support for participation
in World War II, many Americans felt that
the struggle in Vietnam was internal and
best left to the Vietnamese to decide.
Source: Silver Burdett Making Music, pg. 286-288
1970s – SOCIAL ISSUES
Social movements, particularly the anti-
war movement, were highly visible on
college and university campuses.
Mandatory busing to achieve racial school
integration, particularly in Boston and
other Northeastern cities, often led to
violence and a disruption of the
educational process.
1970s – SOCIAL ISSUES
Many "radical" ideas of the 1960s gained
wider acceptance in the 1970s. They
became a part of American life and culture.
American culture flourished.
The events of the times were reflected in
and became the inspiration for much of the
music, literature, entertainment, and even
fashion of the decade.
1970s – SOCIAL ISSUES
One change that made a huge impact on
1970s culture was the growth of women’s
rights.
As the ‘60s became the ‘70s, women were
making their way out of the kitchen and
into the workplace.
Source: http://classic70s.com/70s-culture.html
1970s - FACTS
In the 1960s, the Life expectancy (how long
people were expected to live) was 67.1 years
for men, and 74.8 years for women.
(To compare, in 2010, the life expectancy for
women is 81.1, and 76.2 for men).
1970s - FACTS
The average salary in the 1970s was $7,564
(compared to $4,743 in the 1950s and $2,992
in the 1950s.)
On April 22, 1970, the first "Earth Day" was
celebrated as the environmental movement
launched.
1970s – ART
Art in the 1970s showed a slowing and refinement
of some of the avant-garde trends that developed in
the 1960s.
Earth art was a movement that combined
environmental and minimalist ideas on a large
scale.
Pop are was still produced by artists such as Andy
Warhol.
1970s –ART
Earth Art:
“Spiral Hill” by
Robert Smithson
Andy Warhol
“Pop Art”
1970s – LITERATURE
Literature reflected what was happening in society,
and man seeking meaning in the contemporary
world.
Popular books included “Jonathan Livingston
Seagull” by Richard Bach, a fable about a seagull
learning about life and flight. “I’m Ok, You’re Ok”
by Dr. Thomas A. Harris was one of the best
selling self-help books ever published
1970s – TV AND MOVIES
Most TV shows and movies in the 1970s
could be watched by the entire family.
Some of the best shows of the 1970s were
sitcoms, such as: The Brady Bunch, The
Partridge Family, Sanford and Son, Mary
Tyler Moore Show, Happy Days, Laverne
and Shirley, Welcome Back Kotter, Mork
and Mindy.
1970s – TV AND MOVIES
1970s TV also included dramas, police
shows, and Westerns.
Some of the most popular movies were:
American Graffiti (1973 George Lucas film),
and Jaws (1975), Rocky (1976), Star Wars
(1977).
1970s – SPACE RACE
Apollo 17, the last manned craft to the moon,
brought back 250 samples of rock and soil.
Unmanned space probes explored the moon,
Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus.
The U.S. Apollo 18 and the USSR's Soyuz 19
linked up in space to conduct joint experiments.
1970s – TECHNOLOGY
The floppy disc appeared in 1970, and the next
year Intel introduced the microprocessor, the
"computer on a chip.“
The invention of the videocassette recorder (VCR)
changed home entertainment forever.
1970s – TECHNOLOGY
Jumbo jets revolutionized commercial flight,
doubling passenger capacity and increasing flight
range to 6,000 miles.
Other important 1970s inventions or innovations
included: email (1971), first retail barcode
scanned (1974), the laser printer (1971), and the
first space lab (USA Skylab, 1973). The electronic
book was invented in 1971, eventually resulting in
Project Gutenberg, the largest collection of online
books.
1970s – TECHNOLOGY
When technology entered the picture in the 1970s,
it also affected the way people spent their leisure
time.
Americans of all ages were awed by new-fangled
video games that first appeared at arcades and then
the house, hooked up to the family television. If
you had an Atari game and/or one of those new
home computers, like the TRS-80 from Radio
Shack, you were cool!
1970s – TECHNOLOGY
Pong (marketed as PONG) is one of the
earliest arcade video games, and is a tennis
sports game featuring simple 2-dimensional
graphics.
1970s – MUSIC
Music was also a huge part of 1970s culture.
The Rock and Roll genre that took the ‘60s
by storm continued to grow and had a great
influence on the youth of the decade.
The classic rock music of the 1970s was
ushered in by the break up of the Beatles in
the first year of the decade.
1970s – MUSIC
Many Rock sub-genres were popular:
country rock, jazz, soft rock (also known as
Easy Listening), hard rock, progressive rock,
urban rock (with its African-American
influences), punk rock (late 1970s), ’70’s
R&B, and disco!
1970s – DISCO
Young adults found a new kind of music and
a new way to have fun. Disco music
prompted the opening of hundreds of dance
clubs around the country.
Even though disco music would disappear by
the end of the decade, it would have a huge
impact on many aspects of life in the 70s
including movies and fashion.
1970s – GROUPS
Soft Rock
Bread, America, The Carpenters, and Chicago.
Disco
KC and the Sunshine Band, Bee Gees (wrote
music for “Saturday Night Fever” movie), Jackson
5, Love Unlimited Orchestra (Barry White).
Progressive Rock
Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, Queen, and Emerson
Lake and Palmer.
1970s – GROUPS
Urban Rock
Sly and the Family Stone; Earth, Wind, and Fire;
Kool and the Gang; and The Commodores.
Punk Rock
The Clash, The Ramones, Patti Smith, and Blondie
Hard Rock
Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, and Led
Zeppelin.
1970s – GROUPS
Southern Rock
Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers Band, and
Charlie Daniels Band.
Punk Rock
The Clash, The Ramones, Patti Smith, and Blondie
Hard Rock
Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, and Led
Zeppelin.
1970s – SOLO ACTS
The soloist singer song writers ruled the 1970s pop
music scene in the early part of the decade. Carole
King, James Taylor, Carly Simon, and Joni
Mitchell were just a few of the talented singers
who were mainstays of the early ‘70s pop music
charts.
Many country music performers crossed over to
pop music, such as Kenny Rogers, Olivia Newton-
John, John Denver, Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell,
and Johnny Cash.
1970s - FASHION
The fashion influence of 1960s hippies was
mainstream in the 1970s.
Men wore shoulder length hair and non-
traditional clothing became the rage, including
bellbottom pants, hip huggers, colorful
patches, platform shoes, earth shoes, clogs,
T-shirts, and gypsy dresses.
1970s - FASHION
Leisure suits for men became commonplace.
1970s – HAIR STYLES
Afro Hairstyle “Carol Brady”
Hairstyle
Shaggy Hairstyle
1970s – HAIR STYLES
Afro Hairstyle
Long
Hairstyle
The “Dorothy
Hamill” Wedge
(Olympic Skating
Champion in 1970s)
1970s –FASHION
Bell Bottoms
Children's Wear
Bell Bottoms
1970s –FASHION
Earth Shoes Vintage Clogs
Patches
Platform Shoes
1970s - FADS
Mood rings, lava lamps, Rubik's cube, Sea
Monkeys, smiley face stickers, string art, and
pet rocks all captured the imagination of
Americans during the 1970s.
Mood rings, which change color supposedly
based on your mood, become popular from
time to time.
1970s – FADS
Mood Ring
Rubrik’s Cube
Lava Lamp
Pet Rock
Smiley Faces
String Art
1970s - CARS
1970 Dodge Charger
1970s - CARS
Families vacationed in station wagons and
everyone wanted an RV.
Music history 1970s

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Music history 1970s

  • 2. LAUNDRY LIST 1. Melody 2. Harmony 3. Rhythm 4. Form 5. Style 6. Mood 7. Timbre: Instrumentation / Vocal 8. Tempo 9. Dynamics Elements of Music
  • 3. LAUNDRY LIST Melody: A logical succession of musical tones, also called the tune. Harmony: Combination of musical notes sounded at the same time. Rhythm: The patterns of sounds & silences. Form: The overall plan of a
  • 4. LAUNDRY LIST Style: unique way in which the elements of melody, rhythm, timbre, texture, harmony and form are handled to create a special “sound.” Mood: state of mind or emotion that is relayed in composed music. Timbre: Tone color, the unique
  • 5. LAUNDRY LIST Dynamics: The volume of sound, the loudness, or softness of a musical passage; intensity, power.
  • 6. 1970s - HISTORY The 1960s and early 1970s were times of great civil unrest and change. Americans took on the issues of civil rights, the Vietnam War, women's rights, and the environment. Like the Civil War and the Great Depression, the process of social change during this period produced a number of songs, many of which remain popular today. Source: Silver Burdett Making Music, pg. 286-288
  • 7. 1970s – SOCIAL ISSUES Social Issues: During the 1960s and early 1970s, there was a rising tide of protest against America's involvement in the Vietnam War. Unlike the popular support for participation in World War II, many Americans felt that the struggle in Vietnam was internal and best left to the Vietnamese to decide. Source: Silver Burdett Making Music, pg. 286-288
  • 8. 1970s – SOCIAL ISSUES Social movements, particularly the anti- war movement, were highly visible on college and university campuses. Mandatory busing to achieve racial school integration, particularly in Boston and other Northeastern cities, often led to violence and a disruption of the educational process.
  • 9. 1970s – SOCIAL ISSUES Many "radical" ideas of the 1960s gained wider acceptance in the 1970s. They became a part of American life and culture. American culture flourished. The events of the times were reflected in and became the inspiration for much of the music, literature, entertainment, and even fashion of the decade.
  • 10. 1970s – SOCIAL ISSUES One change that made a huge impact on 1970s culture was the growth of women’s rights. As the ‘60s became the ‘70s, women were making their way out of the kitchen and into the workplace. Source: http://classic70s.com/70s-culture.html
  • 11. 1970s - FACTS In the 1960s, the Life expectancy (how long people were expected to live) was 67.1 years for men, and 74.8 years for women. (To compare, in 2010, the life expectancy for women is 81.1, and 76.2 for men).
  • 12. 1970s - FACTS The average salary in the 1970s was $7,564 (compared to $4,743 in the 1950s and $2,992 in the 1950s.) On April 22, 1970, the first "Earth Day" was celebrated as the environmental movement launched.
  • 13. 1970s – ART Art in the 1970s showed a slowing and refinement of some of the avant-garde trends that developed in the 1960s. Earth art was a movement that combined environmental and minimalist ideas on a large scale. Pop are was still produced by artists such as Andy Warhol.
  • 14. 1970s –ART Earth Art: “Spiral Hill” by Robert Smithson Andy Warhol “Pop Art”
  • 15. 1970s – LITERATURE Literature reflected what was happening in society, and man seeking meaning in the contemporary world. Popular books included “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach, a fable about a seagull learning about life and flight. “I’m Ok, You’re Ok” by Dr. Thomas A. Harris was one of the best selling self-help books ever published
  • 16. 1970s – TV AND MOVIES Most TV shows and movies in the 1970s could be watched by the entire family. Some of the best shows of the 1970s were sitcoms, such as: The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Sanford and Son, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Welcome Back Kotter, Mork and Mindy.
  • 17. 1970s – TV AND MOVIES 1970s TV also included dramas, police shows, and Westerns. Some of the most popular movies were: American Graffiti (1973 George Lucas film), and Jaws (1975), Rocky (1976), Star Wars (1977).
  • 18. 1970s – SPACE RACE Apollo 17, the last manned craft to the moon, brought back 250 samples of rock and soil. Unmanned space probes explored the moon, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus. The U.S. Apollo 18 and the USSR's Soyuz 19 linked up in space to conduct joint experiments.
  • 19. 1970s – TECHNOLOGY The floppy disc appeared in 1970, and the next year Intel introduced the microprocessor, the "computer on a chip.“ The invention of the videocassette recorder (VCR) changed home entertainment forever.
  • 20. 1970s – TECHNOLOGY Jumbo jets revolutionized commercial flight, doubling passenger capacity and increasing flight range to 6,000 miles. Other important 1970s inventions or innovations included: email (1971), first retail barcode scanned (1974), the laser printer (1971), and the first space lab (USA Skylab, 1973). The electronic book was invented in 1971, eventually resulting in Project Gutenberg, the largest collection of online books.
  • 21. 1970s – TECHNOLOGY When technology entered the picture in the 1970s, it also affected the way people spent their leisure time. Americans of all ages were awed by new-fangled video games that first appeared at arcades and then the house, hooked up to the family television. If you had an Atari game and/or one of those new home computers, like the TRS-80 from Radio Shack, you were cool!
  • 22. 1970s – TECHNOLOGY Pong (marketed as PONG) is one of the earliest arcade video games, and is a tennis sports game featuring simple 2-dimensional graphics.
  • 23. 1970s – MUSIC Music was also a huge part of 1970s culture. The Rock and Roll genre that took the ‘60s by storm continued to grow and had a great influence on the youth of the decade. The classic rock music of the 1970s was ushered in by the break up of the Beatles in the first year of the decade.
  • 24. 1970s – MUSIC Many Rock sub-genres were popular: country rock, jazz, soft rock (also known as Easy Listening), hard rock, progressive rock, urban rock (with its African-American influences), punk rock (late 1970s), ’70’s R&B, and disco!
  • 25. 1970s – DISCO Young adults found a new kind of music and a new way to have fun. Disco music prompted the opening of hundreds of dance clubs around the country. Even though disco music would disappear by the end of the decade, it would have a huge impact on many aspects of life in the 70s including movies and fashion.
  • 26. 1970s – GROUPS Soft Rock Bread, America, The Carpenters, and Chicago. Disco KC and the Sunshine Band, Bee Gees (wrote music for “Saturday Night Fever” movie), Jackson 5, Love Unlimited Orchestra (Barry White). Progressive Rock Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, Queen, and Emerson Lake and Palmer.
  • 27. 1970s – GROUPS Urban Rock Sly and the Family Stone; Earth, Wind, and Fire; Kool and the Gang; and The Commodores. Punk Rock The Clash, The Ramones, Patti Smith, and Blondie Hard Rock Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, and Led Zeppelin.
  • 28. 1970s – GROUPS Southern Rock Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers Band, and Charlie Daniels Band. Punk Rock The Clash, The Ramones, Patti Smith, and Blondie Hard Rock Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, and Led Zeppelin.
  • 29. 1970s – SOLO ACTS The soloist singer song writers ruled the 1970s pop music scene in the early part of the decade. Carole King, James Taylor, Carly Simon, and Joni Mitchell were just a few of the talented singers who were mainstays of the early ‘70s pop music charts. Many country music performers crossed over to pop music, such as Kenny Rogers, Olivia Newton- John, John Denver, Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell, and Johnny Cash.
  • 30. 1970s - FASHION The fashion influence of 1960s hippies was mainstream in the 1970s. Men wore shoulder length hair and non- traditional clothing became the rage, including bellbottom pants, hip huggers, colorful patches, platform shoes, earth shoes, clogs, T-shirts, and gypsy dresses.
  • 31. 1970s - FASHION Leisure suits for men became commonplace.
  • 32. 1970s – HAIR STYLES Afro Hairstyle “Carol Brady” Hairstyle Shaggy Hairstyle
  • 33. 1970s – HAIR STYLES Afro Hairstyle Long Hairstyle The “Dorothy Hamill” Wedge (Olympic Skating Champion in 1970s)
  • 35. 1970s –FASHION Earth Shoes Vintage Clogs Patches Platform Shoes
  • 36. 1970s - FADS Mood rings, lava lamps, Rubik's cube, Sea Monkeys, smiley face stickers, string art, and pet rocks all captured the imagination of Americans during the 1970s. Mood rings, which change color supposedly based on your mood, become popular from time to time.
  • 37. 1970s – FADS Mood Ring Rubrik’s Cube Lava Lamp Pet Rock Smiley Faces String Art
  • 38. 1970s - CARS 1970 Dodge Charger
  • 39. 1970s - CARS Families vacationed in station wagons and everyone wanted an RV.