'Ragtime to Rock' covers the following key musical eras:



- Brass Bands/March Music

- Ragtime

- Early Jazz (New Orleans)

- Blues and Blues Singers

- Chicago Jazz (aka Dixieland)

- Great American Songbook

- Big Band Swing

- Bebop Jazz

- Rhythm and Blues

- Country/Rockabilly

- Early Rock'n'Roll

- The British Invasion



Additional Highlights:

- Explores the instrumentation of a pop music ensemble, showing how a horn-based military band eventually transformed into a small combo dominated by rhythm instruments.

- Looks at the relationship of vocal and instrumental music, showing how they have shifted in importance over the decades.

- Details how the blueprint for the pop music formula we still follow today was established during the British Invasion era of Rock'n'Roll.

- Package includes a 100-minute video program, plus a CD-R with reproducible activity sheets and other supplemental learning tools for students at the Junior High, High School/College levels.