MUS 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sixteenth Note, Precomposed Character, Ragtime
19 Feb 2020
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Shift to record-dominated radio over live performance; increases record sales and ability for musicians to record: emergence of the dj with a distinct personality, show, and taste in music; listeners tuning in for that specifically. Significant music that marks the war period: wwii: 1939-45, sees the movement of american musics to europe (global sound of american and pop music) Swing: takes on earlier forms of jazz, begins around 1935. Initially developed in new york, chicago, kansas city by black dance bands, then spread across. Swing is a feeling, determined by the rhythm. Straight eighth notes: each note the same length=2 sixteenth notes. Swung eight: the first note is 1 times longer than the second: 3 sixteenth notes plus 1 sixteenth note. It don"t mean a thing (if it ain"t got that swing) . Listening: duke ellington orchestra, take the a train (1941) Strong piano introduction: then a riff on the saxophones takes over.
