MUAR 392 Lecture 15: MUAR392 70s Soul and Funk Lecture Notes
22 Nov 2016
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Programmatic: denotative and connotative (gestures at something non-musical) Popularity of first wave of soul signers dies out by the end of the 1960s. Tyle splits i(cid:374)to (cid:862)s(cid:449)eet(cid:863) eg, curtis mayfield, a(cid:374)d (cid:862)fu(cid:374)ky(cid:863), eg. ja(cid:373)es brown soul. Music becomes more political: african-american politics turn from integrationist stance toward black power movement. Important figure in black-pop in the early 1960s, groove-oriented soul. As 1968 assassination of mlk, jr. becomes an important voice within the africa- A(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity, e(cid:373)phasizi(cid:374)g (cid:271)la(cid:272)k pride, (cid:862) ay it loud, i"(cid:373) bla(cid:272)k a(cid:374)d i"(cid:373) proud(cid:863) Songs address community problems eg. drug abuse, king heroin. Interlocking rhythmic groove proves to be an important influence on later groups: eg. Pronounced e(cid:373)phasis o(cid:374) the (cid:862)a(cid:374)d of 4(cid:863) space between beat 4 and 1: all the instruments stress this note, rolling syncopated quality. The interaction of instruments create the texture: monophonic lines, through interactions it creates a polyrhythmic texture. Single lines and instruments that together create a bigger musical texture.
