MUL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Railways Act 1921, Tenor Saxophone, Bebop
20 Apr 2018
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Bebop: new jazz style of 1940s/late 1950s that developed bc of big band music; fast tempo, short bursts of melodic phrases, heavy unexpected rhythmic accents and virtuosic soloing. Main idea: to play something new in the moment. Timbre: drum solo and then all instruments play in unison to make the head. Instruments introduce themselves with short triplet motif and then again at the end. Trumpet with more buzz bc of a mute that changes the timbre. Tenor sax in upper register, faint whistling sound above notes. Melody: 3 different melodic segments with different basic contours. Rising and falling lines, presents basic melodic idea for tune. Ending or cadential motif followed by triple motif that repeats the same notes over and over. Piano emerges to provide fills (brief solos that occupy musical gaps between sections) Sectional form: lead instrument changes with each five major sections but last section if a repetition of opening chorus.
