MUS 2304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Blues Scale, Drum Kit, Reverberation
14 Feb 2017
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Class 4: southern rock, roots rock, soft rock, hard rock, & stadium rock (feb 10, 2017) Mainly fill-in-the-blank and listening questions (no long answer or essay question) Fill-in-the-blank know : bands, artists, song titles, and genres of every song from class, date ranges (genre = 1960-65, 1965-69, etc. , definitions of key terms from slides (first two classes) Time, texture, instrumentation, phrasing, vocal strategies, rhythm, meter, Example question: list two characteristics that tie this artist to the genre (ex: instrumentation, lyrics, etc. ) Blues = influence on many rock genres. Response to experimentation (psychedelia and progressive rock) Longer sections (formal expansion) also seen in psychedelia and progressive rock: long jam, bridge; improvisation. More than one guitar call and response, playing simultaneously, taking turns. Rhythmic drive jazz influence (syncopated & swung beat) vs. traditional rock two competing elements: connected to time. Intro = 11/8 meter not feeling sense of completion; irregularity.
