MUSIC 2II3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Independent Record Label, Berry Gordy, Newport Folk Festival
2 Mar 2015
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Importance of composers: literate, white, jewish, male. Priority of melody: related to narratives of progress. Socio-cultural issues: not written down songs passed down between people. Grand ole opry: nashville, elite of country music performers. Image of singing cowboy : wanderer, free from domestic obligations, live one day to the next, influenced by jimmie rodgers. Typical instrumentation: pedal steel, fiddle, banjo. 32 bar song form (aaba: 4 beats/bar, one verse equals: Call and response: urban (chicago blues) Complex groove: back-feet heavily accented (beats 2 + 4) Woman"s point of view: sexual freedom, freedom from domestic responsibilities. Red hot jazz band (don"t use 12 bar form) I iv i v iv i: tension and release pattern. A2 lyric: repeat with increased musical tension. Rhythm & blues and early rock & roll. Race music : stylized by white rock and roll. Chuck berry guitar: walking bass / boogie woogie bass lines. Punch out chords stop and wait anticipate music: saxophone solo, gospel-infected vocals.
