MUSI 1530 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Jerky, Thomas Edison, Louis Armstrong
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Lecture 1: themes and streams of american popular music. Popular music: created with commercial success in mind. Measured in numbers (how many albums sold / number one hits) Mass produced and disseminated via the mass media. Has been listened to by large numbers of americans. Typically draws on a variety of musical traditions. Folk: created anonymously and passed down orally from generation to generation without the thought of commercial gain. Garage band rock music: more similar to folk than popular. Within the landscape of popular music, various styles, audiences, and institutions interact in complex ways. The landscape is always in motion, always evolving. Most popular music is designed not to call critical attention to itself. Critical listening: listening that consciously seeks out the meaning in music. Glenn miller"s 1939 in the mood (twelve bar blues) Stephen foster 1854 jeanie with the light brown hair (aaba melodic structure) Riffs: a repeated pattern designed to generate rhythmic momentum.
