I decide to make my 4th presentation about American music.
I come from a musical family; almost everyone plays a musical instrument, guitar, piano, drum set, etc. We enjoy be together, singing, playing instruments or singing with karaoke. In the most social events of our family we don’t need to contract a chore or an orchestra, we are own selves musicians.
The music of the United States reflects the country's multi-ethnic population through a diverse array of styles
- Who has not danced to the music of the Bee Gees?, Who has not been in love with the romantics songs of Barry Manilow or Barbara Streisand? Who doesn’t known the music from Sinatra or Michael Jackson?
The American Music is well known over the whole world and has a big influence.
Native Americans were the earliest inhabitants of the land that is today known as the United States and played its first music. Beginning in the 17th century, immigrants from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Germany and France began arriving in large numbers, bringing with them new styles and instruments. African slaves brought musical traditions, and each subsequent wave of immigrants contributed to a melting pot.
1.- Country and Western Music
Country music (or country and Western) is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s.
Throughout the 19th century, several immigrant groups from Europe, most notably from Ireland, Germany, Spain, and Italy moved to Texas. These groups interacted with the Spanish, Mexican, Native American, and U.S. communities that were already established in Texas. As a result of this cohabitation and extended contact, Texas has developed unique cultural traits that are rooted in the culture of all of its founding communities.
One effect of the Great Depression was to reduce the number of records that could be sold. Radio, and broadcasting, became a popular source of entertainment, and "barn dance" shows featuring country music were started all over the South, as far north as Chicago, and as far west as California.
During the 1930s and 1940s, cowboy songs, or Western music which had been recorded since the 1920s, were popularized by films made in Hollywood. Some of the popular singing cowboys from the era were Gene Autry, the Sons of the Pioneers and and Roy Rogers.
2.- Rock and Roll (often written as rock &roll or rock’ n’ roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved the US in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It roots lay mainly in blues, country, folk, gospel and jazz. The style spread to the rest of the world and developed further the rock music. Classic rock and roll is usually played with one or two guitars, an electrical bass guitar and a drum kit.
The massive popularity and eventual worldwide view of rock and roll gave it a unique social impact. Far beyond simply musical style, rock and roll as seen in movies and in the new medium or TV, influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, 
and language.
3.- Jazz / Blues
Is a musical art form which 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. The style's West African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, and the swung note
From its early development until the present, jazz has also incorporated music from 19th and 20th century American popular music. The word jazz began as a West Coast slang term of uncertain derivation and was first used to refer to music in Chicago in about 1915.
Could it define jazz as a "form of art music which originated in the United States through the confrontation of blacks with European music”.
While jazz may be difficult to define, improvisation is clearly one of its key elements. Early blues was commonly structured around a repetitive call-and-response pattern, a common element in the African American oral tradition.
In jazz, however, the skilled performer will interpret a tune in very individual ways, never playing the same composition exactly the same way twice. Depending upon the performer's mood and personal experience, interactions with fellow musicians, or even members of the audience, a jazz musician/performer may alter melodies, harmonies or time signature at will.
Jazz, however, is often characterized as the product of democratic creativity, interaction and collaboration, placing equal value on the contributions of composer and performer, 'adroitly weigh[ing] the respective claims of the composer and the improviser'.
4.- Gospel music
Is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music.
Like other forms of Christian music the creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music varies according to culture and social context. Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace. However, a common theme of most gospel music is praise, worship or thanks to God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit.
5.- Hip hop music
Is a musical genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latin Americans- The term rap music is often used synonymously with hip hop music.
Rapping, , is a vocal style in which the performer speaks rhythmically and in rhyme, generally to a beat. Beats are traditionally generated from portions of other songs by a DJ, or sampled from portions of other songs by a producer,[though synthesizers, drum machines, and live bands are also used, especially in newer music. Rappers may perform poetry which they have written ahead of time, or improvise rhymes on the spot with or without a beat.
RAPPING is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and poetry. Rapping is a primary ingredient in hip hop music, meaning originally "to hit"
The roots of hip hop are found in African American and West African music.
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