Rock Music is Disruptive! Lesson Activities

What is it in Rock Music that disturbs, for some, our sense of what music should be? Looking at a quote from Robert Palmer, using online resources and youtube links (embedded in the lesson notes), students examine the ‘disruptive influences’ and Rock music elements through the sensational music of Jimi Hendrix. Use this as an introductory lesson or as a challenge for your students! Listen as they debate the core question of the desire to create cultural change and how this drives creativity in music today! Students are encourages to use music vocabulary to explain what they hear, compare with past music and examine the stylistic elements as they listen and take notes.