martlaco

Hi there:
I'm in the process of compiling several collections of pieces/songs for the purpose of teaching/exemplifying a variety of musical concepts, and am looking for more suggestions that would provide for a good variety of tunes that would be of interest to high school students. In general, I'd prefer music that isn't so obscure (if it's something they may have encountered, whether on their ipods, radios (!), movie theatres, tv screens, dance floors, etc... that would be great!). Two concepts I'm collecting at the moment are:

Harmony (as in major, minor, or 'neither')
- looking for examples of pieces in minor that don't necessarily 'sound' minor..
- looking for 'common' works with strikingly dissonant moments
Texture (monophonic vs homophonic vs polyphonic)
- looking for 'well-known' pieces that have monophony or polyphony

I'll start with this for now, and post other concepts separately.
Thanks for your help!
Martin