MUS 1751 : Final Material
Document Summary
First printed as sheet music in 1912 (so other people could participate in it) Came from ballads of anglo-irish settlers in appalachian region. Radio, recording separated country music from folk tradition. Marked the beginning of country music as we know it. Work song and field holler of black laborers. Used in place of a major or minor scale. A pattern that repeats for each stanza of text. Notes that fall between the diatonic notes of the scale. Maple leaf rag is his most successful composition. Played by a combo or a big band. Height of popularity in 1930s and early 1940s. Began his career as a song plugger (played songs on the street or in records stores. Glenn miller, benny goodman for people to hear) Rhapsody in blue blues scale with blue notes . A quintet- trumpet, saxophone, piano, double bass, and drums. Name derived from the snappy sounds of the melody.
