Lesson 62 of 84 · Music History
⭐ 30 XP🎻 Music History HallThe Future of Music (Part 2)
Medieval music (500-1400) was mostly vocal and sacred.
🎯 Your mission
Steal one trick from a master. Use it your way.
⚡ The twist
Old doesn't mean boring. Some 300-year-old music still slaps.
Listen for this
🎧 Close your eyes. What does this music make you picture?
Artist Spotlight
🌟 Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, wrote about computers playing music in 1843.
Mind = Blown
🤯 The first pop song to hit a billion plays online took 3 years. Now it happens in months.
Learn about the future of music (part 2): trace the development of hip-hop
What You'll Learn
Medieval music (500-1400) was mostly vocal and sacred. Gregorian chant is the most famous example—sung in Latin by monks.
Trace the development of hip-hop
Connect music to social movements and protest
Check Your Understanding
Question 1 of 3
What instrument did Johann Sebastian Bach primarily play?
Where you hear this in real life
Today's pop hit borrows from 70 years of music history without anyone noticing.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Listen to one song from before your parents were born this week.
For the dinner table
“Tell me about the music you loved when you were my age.”
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