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Why this instrument explains Black American folk music

9th - 11th
Jake Blount, a banjo scholar, explains. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videosf='http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos Jake Blount has built a career out of understanding the banjo’s...
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Curated Video

Exploring the Roots of Blues Music

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Explore the origins of Blues music in the American Deep South and its evolution from African American work songs and European American folk music. Learn about key musical characteristics of the Blues, such as the call and response...
Instructional Video1:39
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Country Music of Kentucky

9th - Higher Ed
This is the story of Route 23, known as the Country Music Highway that stretches across Eastern Kentucky, the home of some of America's greatest Country Music stars
Instructional Video1:52
Curated Video

Bluegrass Music

9th - Higher Ed
Kentucky’s Appalachian Mountains was the birthplace of Bluegrass Music and Bill Monroe who became the Godfather of the Bluegrass
Instructional Video7:07
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The evolution of American protest music

9th - 11th
Music is a critical form of expression in American politics — especially in times of political and social unrest. Subscribe to our channel!'http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>channel! Dating back to the early days...
Instructional Video13:26
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How trucker country music became a '70s fad

9th - 11th
Long-haul truckers were once country music’s heroes. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videosf='http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos “Ah, breaker one-nine, this here’s the Rubber...
Instructional Video8:43
TED Talks

TED: St. James Infirmary Blues | Silk Road ensemble + Rhiannon Giddens

12th - Higher Ed
Singer Rhiannon Giddens joins international music collective Silk Road ensemble to perform "St. James Infirmary Blues," spiking the American folk song that Louis Armstrong popularized in the 1920s with Romani influence and mischievous...
Instructional Video8:57
Curated Video

Instrument: Banjo

3rd - 11th
In this film, Nigel Woodhouse introduces the banjo. The banjo is a rare visitor to the orchestra, but has been used by composers in the 20th century onward to evoke American folk music and jazz especially. All of our instrument
Instructional Video10:33
Extra Credits

Irish Potato Famine - The American Wake - Extra History - #4

9th - 11th
Not all of the 214,000 Irish immigrants in 1847 made it safely to their new homes--and of those who did, many faced classism and xenophobia and even bullying from the "Ulster Irish" or "Scots-Irish" folks who had previously established...
Instructional Video7:44
Jack Rackam

That Time an American Lawyer Took Over Nicaragua | The Life & Times of William Walker

12th - Higher Ed
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TED Talks

TED: Songs that bring history to life | Rhiannon Giddens

12th - Higher Ed
Rhiannon Giddens pours the emotional weight of American history into her music. Listen as she performs traditional folk ballads -- including "Waterboy," "up Above My Head," and "Lonesome Road" by Sister Rosetta Tharp -- and one glorious...
Instructional Video2:33:10
The Histocrat

Anansi the Trickster - Mythillogical

9th - 11th
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Why Shakira loves this African beat

9th - 11th
Colombia’s folk beat has African roots. Follow the Vox Borders watch pageref='https://www.fInstagramom/VoxBorders/' target='_newsletter='nofollow'>pagechannel!w Johnny on Foxw.instagram.com/johnnywharris/'...
Instructional Video3:57
Biography

Bob Dylan - Singer & Songwriter | Mini Bio | BIO

6th - 11th
Folk rock singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota. While attending college, he began performing folk and country songs, taking the name "Bob Dylan." In 1961 Dylan signed his first...
Instructional Video21:51
Curated Video

Instrument: Mandolin

3rd - 11th
In this film, Nigel Woodhouse introduces the mandolin. The mandolin has been used by many composers across the centuries to give special colour to the orchestra, often evoking folk music. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 00:00 Orchestral Extract:...
Instructional Video12:51
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What Missy Elliott did for Afrofuturism

12th - Higher Ed
Missy Elliott and her frequent collaborators have produced over two decades of music videos that we are going to attempt to justify as Afrofuturistic work. Grab your inflatable trash bags, as we take a stroll down memory lane.
Instructional Video12:31
PBS

What Missy Elliott did for Afrofuturism

12th - Higher Ed
Missy Elliott and her frequent collaborators have produced over two decades of music videos that we are going to attempt to justify as Afrofuturistic work. Grab your inflatable trash bags, as we take a stroll down memory lane.
Instructional Video3:45
Visual Musical Minds

Recorder Song #9: Peace like a River

9th - 12th
In this video, students will learn how to play "Peace like a River" on the recorder. This song will focus on the notes low D, & E, on the recorder, as well as B, A, & G. It also helps students learn how to play on the 'pick-up' beat.
Instructional Video4:37
Visual Musical Minds

Recorder Song #10: Down in the Valley

9th - 12th
In this video, students will learn how to play "Down in the Valley " on the recorder. This song will focus on the notes low D through high C on the recorder. "Down in the Valley" is played in a moderately slow 3/4 time signature, and has...
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One Minute History

170 - Nina Simone - One Minute History

12th - Higher Ed
Nina Simone was an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist, born in 1933 in North Carolina. She trained as a classical pianist at Juilliard, but switched to performing jazz and blues in nightclubs. Her music was influenced...
Instructional Video2:16
Curated Video

Climate Change Is No Invention

Pre-K - 11th
CLIMATE CHANGE IS NO INVENTION! Everyone can do something to protect our climate! Find some good environmental groupatto donate to for a better world listet...
Instructional Video4:29
Pentatonix

Evolution of Music - Pentatonix

4th - 12th
Explore music through the decades with an engaging video brought to you by the 5-part harmony acapella group, Pentatonix. Genuine musical talents sing through a variety of popular music from the 11th century to the 2010's. Artists...
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Chandrakantha & David's Homepage: Daf (Indian Framedrum)

9th - 10th
Contains information about the percussion instruments used by the American Indians.
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PBS

Pbs: Early America: Derby Ram

K - 1st
Listen to a performance of the English-American song "Derby Ram", a purported favorite of George Washington, for a group of students who sing, stomp, and clap along.

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