# Music Decks

Imported and community decks waiting for editorial categorization.

Canonical URL: https://shipslides.com/c/music
Deck count: 15

## Decks

### The Blues
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-blues
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-blues/llms.txt
Slides: 30
Tags: music, blues

The blues is a 12-bar form, a flat-third-and-flat-seventh harmonic palette, and a vocal idiom — and also a cultural inheritance carried by African Americans from the post-Reconstruction South into 20th-century American music. Key sections include: The Blues.; Opening What the blues is.; Chapter I Roots.; Chapter II The 12-bar form.; Chapter III Country blues.; Chapter IV Robert Johnson.; Chapter V Texas, Piedmont, the regional styles.; Chapter VI Classic blues — the women.; Chapter VII The Great Migration and electrification.; Chapter VIII Chicago blues..

Outline:
1. The Blues.
2. Opening What the blues is.
3. Chapter I Roots.
4. Chapter II The 12-bar form.
5. Chapter III Country blues.
6. Chapter IV Robert Johnson.
7. Chapter V Texas, Piedmont, the regional styles.
8. Chapter VI Classic blues — the women.
9. Chapter VII The Great Migration and electrification.
10. Chapter VIII Chicago blues.
11. Chapter IX Memphis and rhythm-and-blues.
12. Chapter X The British blues invasion.
13. Chapter XI The folk-blues rediscovery.
14. Chapter XII Soul and the post-blues turn.
15. Chapter XIII Modern blues.
16. Chapter XIV The instruments.
17. Chapter XV What the blues is about.
18. Chapter XVI Race and appropriation.
19. Chapter XVII The essential discography.
20. Chapter XVIII Films and books.
21. Chapter XIX Visiting the blues.
22. Chapter XX If you want to play.
23. Chapter XXI The blues now.
24. Chapter XXII Open questions.
25. Chapter XXIII Twenty-five works.
26. Chapter XXIV Watch & listen.
27. Chapter XXV If you want to learn the music.
28. Chapter XXVI Why the blues matters.
29. Chapter XXVII The next decade.
30. The end of the deck.

### Classical
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-classical
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-classical/llms.txt
Slides: 12
Tags: music, classical

A continuous tradition of written-down sacred and secular European music — from neumes scratched onto medieval parchment to sound files exported from Sibelius last week. Key sections include: Classical; Where it begins; The Baroque; The Classical era proper; The Romantic century; Modernism and after; Twelve composers worth knowing first; Forms you will meet; The orchestra, schematically; What to listen to first.

Outline:
1. Classical
2. Where it begins
3. The Baroque
4. The Classical era proper
5. The Romantic century
6. Modernism and after
7. Twelve composers worth knowing first
8. Forms you will meet
9. The orchestra, schematically
10. What to listen to first
11. A glossary, briefly
12. Watch this performance

### Country Music
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-country
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-country/llms.txt
Slides: 32
Tags: music, country

A commercial American popular-music tradition that emerged in the late 1920s from Anglo-Celtic ballad, African-American blues, gospel, and Western cowboy song — first marketed as "hillbilly," now a multi-billion-dollar industry. Key sections include: Country Music.; Opening What country music is.; Chapter I 1927.; Chapter II The first country star.; Chapter III The first family.; Chapter IV Bob Wills.; Chapter V Hank.; Chapter VI The post-war honky-tonk.; Chapter VII Patsy.; Chapter VIII Pop ambition..

Outline:
1. Country Music.
2. Opening What country music is.
3. Chapter I 1927.
4. Chapter II The first country star.
5. Chapter III The first family.
6. Chapter IV Bob Wills.
7. Chapter V Hank.
8. Chapter VI The post-war honky-tonk.
9. Chapter VII Patsy.
10. Chapter VIII Pop ambition.
11. Chapter IX The Man in Black.
12. Chapter X The coal miner's daughter.
13. Chapter XI Wynette and Jones.
14. Chapter XII The 1970s outlaws.
15. Chapter XIII Dolly.
16. Chapter XIV Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys.
17. Chapter XV The 70s fusion.
18. Chapter XVI The 1980 boom.
19. Chapter XVII The 90s commercial peak.
20. Chapter XVIII The 2003 incident.
21. Chapter XIX The 2000s shift.
22. Chapter XX The 2010s underground.
23. Chapter XXI The Appalachian return.
24. Chapter XXII Cowboy Carter.
25. Chapter XXIII Black country.
26. Chapter XXIV The Texas scene.
27. Chapter XXV Nashville.
28. Chapter XXVI Twenty-five works.
29. Chapter XXVII Watch & read.
30. Chapter XXVIII Where the music lives.
31. Chapter XXIX The case.
32. The end of the deck.

### Electronic
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-electronic
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-electronic/llms.txt
Slides: 11
Tags: music, electronic

1948. French radio engineer Pierre Schaeffer broadcasts Étude aux chemins de fer — a four-minute piece composed entirely of recorded train sounds. He calls the method musique concrète : composing with concrete sound objects rather than abstract notes. Key sections include: ELEC TRONIC; TAPE. CUT. SPLICE.; KRAFT WERK; DISCO & ITS CHILDREN; HOUSE; TECHNO; SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE; AMBIENT · IDM; THE MACHINES; 20 TRACKS.

Outline:
1. ELEC TRONIC
2. TAPE. CUT. SPLICE.
3. KRAFT WERK
4. DISCO & ITS CHILDREN
5. HOUSE
6. TECHNO
7. SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE
8. AMBIENT · IDM
9. THE MACHINES
10. 20 TRACKS
11. WATCH THIS

### Folk Traditions
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-folk-traditions
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-folk-traditions/llms.txt
Slides: 13
Tags: music, folk, traditions

A definition by Cecil Sharp, the English collector who first systematized the term: folk music is music handed down by oral tradition, varying as it passes from person to person, with no fixed authoritative version. Key sections include: Folk Traditions; What is folk ?; Appalachian; The Blues; Celtic; Fado; Mariachi; Other living traditions; The revivals; The songbook.

Outline:
1. Folk Traditions
2. What is folk ?
3. Appalachian
4. The Blues
5. Celtic
6. Fado
7. Mariachi
8. Other living traditions
9. The revivals
10. The songbook
11. The Smithsonian & the field
12. Folk instruments
13. Watch this performance

### Gospel
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-gospel
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-gospel/llms.txt
Slides: 30
Tags: music, gospel

Gospel is Black sacred music — the descendant of the spirituals, the parent of soul, the working tradition of the Black American church for nearly a century. Key sections include: Go spel.; Opening What gospel is.; Chapter I The spirituals.; Chapter II The Pentecostal turn.; Chapter III The founder.; Chapter IV The voice.; Chapter V Four voices.; Chapter VI The crossover.; Chapter VII The mass tradition.; Chapter VIII Soul-gospel..

Outline:
1. Go spel.
2. Opening What gospel is.
3. Chapter I The spirituals.
4. Chapter II The Pentecostal turn.
5. Chapter III The founder.
6. Chapter IV The voice.
7. Chapter V Four voices.
8. Chapter VI The crossover.
9. Chapter VII The mass tradition.
10. Chapter VIII Soul-gospel.
11. Chapter IX The 1970s-1990s.
12. Chapter X Gospel hip-hop.
13. Chapter XI Contemporary gospel.
14. Chapter XII Where gospel went.
15. Chapter XIII The theology.
16. Chapter XIV Music as movement.
17. Chapter XV The instrument.
18. Chapter XVI The canon.
19. Chapter XVII The economics.
20. Chapter XVIII The contested ground.
21. Chapter XIX Gospel beyond America.
22. Chapter XX Where it goes.
23. Chapter XXI Twenty-five works.
24. Chapter XXII Watch & read.
25. Chapter XXIII If you want to learn it.
26. Chapter XXIV Why it matters.
27. Chapter XXV The next decade.
28. Addendum Glossary of gospel terms.
29. Addendum Where to hear gospel.
30. The end of the deck.

### Hip-Hop
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-hip-hop
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-hip-hop/llms.txt
Slides: 12
Tags: music, hip, hop

August 11, 1973. Cindy Campbell throws a back-to-school party in the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the Bronx. Her brother Clive — DJ Kool Herc — runs two turntables side by side, finds the percussion break in James Brown's Give It Up or Turnit a Loose , and switches between two copies to extend it. The "merry-go-round" technique. The break loop. Hip-hop's clock starts here. Key sections include: HIP · HOP; 1520 SEDGWICK AVE.; OLD SCHOOL · 1979–84; GOLDEN AGE · 1986–94; STRAIGHT OUTTA; THE SOUTH RISES; GLOBAL HIP-HOP; FOUR ELEMENTS; MCs · A.SHORT.LIST; 15 RECORDS.

Outline:
1. HIP · HOP
2. 1520 SEDGWICK AVE.
3. OLD SCHOOL · 1979–84
4. GOLDEN AGE · 1986–94
5. STRAIGHT OUTTA
6. THE SOUTH RISES
7. GLOBAL HIP-HOP
8. FOUR ELEMENTS
9. MCs · A.SHORT.LIST
10. 15 RECORDS
11. REGIONAL DIALECTS
12. WATCH THIS

### Jazz
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-jazz
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-jazz/llms.txt
Slides: 13
Tags: music, jazz

Jazz coalesced in New Orleans in the first decade of the 20th century — Black and Creole musicians fusing blues, ragtime, brass-band march music, and Caribbean rhythms in dance halls, parade routes, and the red-light district called Storyville. Key sections include: Ja zz by smoke; From Storyville outward; The big band takes the room; 52nd Street, after hours; Two answers to bop; " The shape of jazz to come "; Electric, after 1969; A short bench; The shelf; Five tracks, five doorways.

Outline:
1. Ja zz by smoke
2. From Storyville outward
3. The big band takes the room
4. 52nd Street, after hours
5. Two answers to bop
6. " The shape of jazz to come "
7. Electric, after 1969
8. A short bench
9. The shelf
10. Five tracks, five doorways
11. Where the music was pressed
12. Words you'll hear in the club
13. A late set, on tape

### Music Production
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-music-production
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-music-production/llms.txt
Slides: 11
Tags: music, production

For the first 50 years of recording — Edison's tinfoil cylinder (1877) to the introduction of magnetic tape in the 1940s — recording was a single take, captured directly to a physical medium. There was no editing. Key sections include: Music Production; From wax to tape; Multitrack changes everything; The classic studio; The signal chain; Synthesis & sampling; The DAW era; Mixing; Mastering; Twelve producers.

Outline:
1. Music Production
2. From wax to tape
3. Multitrack changes everything
4. The classic studio
5. The signal chain
6. Synthesis & sampling
7. The DAW era
8. Mixing
9. Mastering
10. Twelve producers
11. Watch

### Music Theory
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-music-theory
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-music-theory/llms.txt
Slides: 13
Tags: music, theory

A pitched sound is a periodic vibration. Its perceived pitch corresponds to its fundamental frequency in cycles per second (hertz, Hz). Key sections include: Music Theory; The acoustic basis of pitch; Notation; Scales and modes; Intervals; Triads and seventh chords; Functional harmony; The circle of fifths; Rhythm and meter; Form.

Outline:
1. Music Theory
2. The acoustic basis of pitch
3. Notation
4. Scales and modes
5. Intervals
6. Triads and seventh chords
7. Functional harmony
8. The circle of fifths
9. Rhythm and meter
10. Form
11. Counterpoint
12. Beyond tonality
13. A listening list to test the concepts

### Opera
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-opera
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-opera/llms.txt
Slides: 13
Tags: music, opera

Florence, the 1570s. A group of intellectuals — the Camerata fiorentina, meeting at the home of Count Giovanni de' Bardi — try to reconstruct ancient Greek drama, which they (correctly) believe was sung throughout. Key sections include: Opera; The birth; Baroque & bel canto; Mozart · the universal; Italian romanticism · Verdi; Wagner · the Gesamtkunstwerk; Verismo · operatic realism; The twentieth century; The voices; The opera house.

Outline:
1. Opera
2. The birth
3. Baroque & bel canto
4. Mozart · the universal
5. Italian romanticism · Verdi
6. Wagner · the Gesamtkunstwerk
7. Verismo · operatic realism
8. The twentieth century
9. The voices
10. The opera house
11. A shelf of recordings
12. Operatic vocabulary
13. Watch this performance

### R&B/Soul
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-rnb-soul
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-rnb-soul/llms.txt
Slides: 31
Tags: music, rnb, soul

Rhythm and blues (R&B) is the umbrella term for African-American popular music since the late 1940s. Soul, its mid-1960s flowering, is gospel transposed into secular subject matter, with the deeper vocal commitment and harmonic complexity gospel allowed. Key sections include: R &B Soul.; Opening What R&B and soul are.; Chapter I Naming the music.; Chapter II From gospel to soul.; Chapter III The genius.; Chapter IV Berry Gordy's machine.; Chapter V The Memphis alternative.; Chapter VI Ahmet Ertegun's empire.; Chapter VII The Stax voice.; Chapter VIII The Queen of Soul..

Outline:
1. R &B Soul.
2. Opening What R&B and soul are.
3. Chapter I Naming the music.
4. Chapter II From gospel to soul.
5. Chapter III The genius.
6. Chapter IV Berry Gordy's machine.
7. Chapter V The Memphis alternative.
8. Chapter VI Ahmet Ertegun's empire.
9. Chapter VII The Stax voice.
10. Chapter VIII The Queen of Soul.
11. Chapter IX The conscience.
12. Chapter X The polymath.
13. Chapter XI The funk pivot.
14. Chapter XII Sly to George Clinton.
15. Chapter XIII The 1970s dance form.
16. Chapter XIV The 1970s ballad.
17. Chapter XV Prince and Whitney.
18. Chapter XVI The new jack swing.
19. Chapter XVII The 1990s revival.
20. Chapter XVIII The standard-setter.
21. Chapter XIX The 21st-century star.
22. Chapter XX Modern alt-R&B.
23. Chapter XXI The current scene.
24. Chapter XXII The continuous integration.
25. Chapter XXIII The 2020s scene.
26. Chapter XXIII Twenty-five works.
27. Chapter XXIV Watch & read.
28. Chapter XXV If you want to learn it.
29. Chapter XXVI Why it matters.
30. Chapter XXVII The next decade.
31. The end of the deck.

### Rock
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-rock
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-rock/llms.txt
Slides: 11
Tags: music, rock

R o c k begins in the late-1940s collision of country, gospel, and electrified blues — Muddy Waters going from Mississippi to Chicago in 1943 with an acoustic guitar; by 1948 he had a Fender amp, a Telecaster, and a record contract with Chess. Key sections include: RO CK; FROM the DELTA; BRITISH INVASION; HARD + HEAVY; PUNK '77; POST -PUNK; ALT + GRUNGE; INDIE , AFTER; ANATOMY of a SONG; THE ESSENTIAL LP.

Outline:
1. RO CK
2. FROM the DELTA
3. BRITISH INVASION
4. HARD + HEAVY
5. PUNK '77
6. POST -PUNK
7. ALT + GRUNGE
8. INDIE , AFTER
9. ANATOMY of a SONG
10. THE ESSENTIAL LP
11. WATCH THIS

### The Singer-Songwriter Tradition
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-singer-songwriter
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-singer-songwriter/llms.txt
Slides: 32
Tags: music, singer, songwriter

The singer-songwriter is the figure who writes the song and then performs it, alone or accompanied, with the writing audible in the singing. The song is understood as their own utterance, not a vehicle for craft. Key sections include: Singer- Songwriter.; Opening One voice, one song.; Chapter I Woody Guthrie.; Chapter II The 1940s revival.; Chapter III MacDougal Street.; Chapter IV Dylan, 1963.; Chapter V Bringing it all back.; Chapter VI Joni Mitchell.; Chapter VII Blue , 1971.; Chapter VIII Leonard Cohen..

Outline:
1. Singer- Songwriter.
2. Opening One voice, one song.
3. Chapter I Woody Guthrie.
4. Chapter II The 1940s revival.
5. Chapter III MacDougal Street.
6. Chapter IV Dylan, 1963.
7. Chapter V Bringing it all back.
8. Chapter VI Joni Mitchell.
9. Chapter VII Blue , 1971.
10. Chapter VIII Leonard Cohen.
11. Chapter IX Paul Simon.
12. Chapter X James Taylor & the Canyon.
13. Chapter XI Tapestry.
14. Chapter XII Joan Baez.
15. Chapter XIII Cat Stevens.
16. Chapter XIV Neil Young.
17. Chapter XV Jackson Browne.
18. Chapter XVI Randy Newman.
19. Chapter XVII Tom Waits.
20. Chapter XVIII Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega.
21. Chapter XIX Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle.
22. Chapter XX The 90s alt-country wave.
23. Chapter XXI Elliott Smith.
24. Chapter XXII Sufjan Stevens.
25. Chapter XXIII Bon Iver.
26. Chapter XXIV Phoebe Bridgers.
27. Chapter XXV Mitski.
28. Chapter XXVI The modern figure.
29. Chapter XXVII Beyoncé and Adele.
30. Chapter XXVIII Twenty essential albums.
31. Chapter XXIX Watch & read.
32. The end of the deck.

### World Music
URL: https://shipslides.com/d/music-world-music
LLM text: https://shipslides.com/d/music-world-music/llms.txt
Slides: 14
Tags: music, world

"World music" is a category invented by record-store managers in London in 1987 to file everything that wasn't classical, jazz, rock, or pop. The term is awkward; the music is real. Key sections include: World Music; On the term, briefly; The Indian subcontinent; West Africa; Indonesia · the Gamelan; Latin America; The Middle East · Maqam; East Asia; The Caucasus and Steppe; The map.

Outline:
1. World Music
2. On the term, briefly
3. The Indian subcontinent
4. West Africa
5. Indonesia · the Gamelan
6. Latin America
7. The Middle East · Maqam
8. East Asia
9. The Caucasus and Steppe
10. The map
11. A starter shelf
12. Field instruments, illustrated
13. Concepts you will need
14. Watch this performance