Monday, December 8, 2008

Styles of Popular Music

Introduction
Three of the mpre successful styles are reggae, punk, and rap.(thesis statement)

Body
A.One successful style of popular music is reggae, punk, and rap.
1.Born on the Caribbean island of Jamaica in the 1960s.
a.Spread throughout the world in the 1970s.
2.Developed from mento.
a.Changed mento into ska.
b.Changed ska, and reggae was born.
3.Reggae's special sound comes from reversing the roles of the instruments:
a.Guitar plays rhythm and bass plays melody.

Conclusion
Popular music changes constantly.

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