MUS 115 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chubby Checker, Marty Robbins, Chord Progression
18 Jun 2018
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1) Unit 1: Talking about Popular Music
a) Talking about Popular Music
a.i) The Elements of Music
(a.i.1) Instrumentation
(a.i.1.a) Rhythm section
(a.i.2) Rhythm
(a.i.2.a) Two beat
(a.i.2.b) Backbeat
(a.i.2.c) Swing
(a.i.2.d) Sycopation
(a.i.3) Melody
(a.i.3.a) Riffs: building blocks
(a.i.4) Harmony
(a.i.4.a) Blues progression
(a.i.5) Form
(a.i.5.a) Verse
(a.i.5.b) Chorus
(a.i.5.c) Twelve-bar blues
(a.i.6) Dynamics
(a.i.6.a) gradations in pitch on a large scale
(a.i.7) Texture
(a.i.7.a) Describes the relationship among the various parts
a.ii) The Properties of Musical Sound
(a.ii.1) Timbre
(a.ii.1.a) The tone color of musical sound
(a.ii.1.b) Describes the characteristics of a voice or
intrument
(a.ii.2) Pitch
(a.ii.2.a) How high or low a musical tone sounds
(a.ii.2.b) Faster vibrations -> higher tone
(a.ii.2.c) Definite pitch -> consistent frequency
(a.ii.3) Intensity
(a.ii.3.a) How loud a musical sound is
(a.ii.4) Duration
(a.ii.4.a) Length of a musical sound
(a.ii.4.b) “This note lasts ____ beats”
a.iii) The Elements of Popular Music
(a.iii.1) Instrumentation
(a.iii.1.a) Grows out of timbre
(a.iii.1.b) Identifies the voices and instruments heard in
performance
(a.iii.2) Performance Style
(a.iii.2.a) Describes the way the musicians sing and play the
instruments
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(a.iii.3) Inflection
(a.iii.3.a) Gradations of loudness from syllable to syllable
a.iv) Chuck Berry “Maybellene”
(a.iv.1) Berry was referred to Chess Records by idol Muddy
Waters after meeting him after a concert in the Palladium Theater
(a.iv.2) Released August 20, 1955
b) The Sounds of Popular Music
b.i) Sources of Instrumental Sounds in Popular Music
(b.i.1) Variety of sound comes from:
(b.i.1.a) Instruments inherited from popular music’s
antecedents and contributing styles
(b.i.1.b) New ways of playing these inherited instruments
(b.i.1.c) Creation of new instruments specifically for use in
popular music
(b.i.1.d) Use of electronic technology for sound modification
(b.i.1.e) Use of “found” instruments
b.ii) The Rhythm Section
(b.ii.1) A heterogeneous group of instruments that includes at
least one chord instrument (guitar,piano), one bass instrument
(tuba,electric bass) and one percussion instrument (drum set)
(b.ii.2) First heard in dance orchestras and jazz bands
b.iii) Performance Style
(b.iii.1) Distinctive ways musicians sing or play
(b.iii.2) Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, the white man • with
the “negro feel”
(b.iii.3) Ray Charles, who brought a unique merging of blues and
gospel to pop and country music •
(b.iii.4) Marty Robbins, a popular country singer who was part • of
the mainstreaming of Nashville in the late fifties
(b.iii.5) Chubby Checker, a Fats Domino fan who made a • career
out of one dance, the Twist
(b.iii.6) The Drifters, one of the classic black vocal groups of the
fifties and early sixties •
(b.iii.7) The Kingston Trio, pleasant-voiced young men who were
part of the folk revival in the late fifties/early sixties
c) Rhythm in POpular Music
c.i) “Timekeeping” Beat
(c.i.1) Beat
(c.i.1.a) The measure of time
(c.i.1.b) Rhythmic organization
(c.i.2) Tempo
(c.i.2.a) Speed of the beat
c.ii) Beat and Measure
(c.ii.1) Measure (Bar)
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(c.ii.1.a) A consistent grouping of beats
c.iii) “Style” Beats
(c.iii.1) Two-beat rhythm
(c.iii.1.a) Rhythmic foundation
(c.iii.1.b) Two bass notes per measure alternating with
chords played in the backbeat
(c.iii.2) Backbeats
(c.iii.2.a) Percussive sound on the second of a pair of beats
(c.iii.3) Four-beat rhythm
(c.iii.3.a) When the rhythmic foundation of a song features a
walking bass or another steady timekeeping four times a
measure
(c.iii.4) Style beats
(c.iii.4.a) Two-beat and four-beat rhythms
c.iv) “Good” Beat
(c.iv.1) Sycopation
(c.iv.1.a) An accent that does not line up with the beat
(c.iv.2) Accent
(c.iv.2.a) A note, chord, or non-pitched sound that is
emphasized in some way, so it stands out
d) Melody and Harmony, Texture and Form
d.i) Riffs: Melodic Building Blocks
(d.i.1) Riffs
(d.i.1.a) Short, easily remembered, and often syncopated
melodic ideas
(d.i.2) Melody
(d.i.3) Contour
(d.i.3.a) The pattern of rise or fall
d.ii) Harmony
(d.ii.1) Harmony is the study of chords
(d.ii.2) Arpeggio
(d.ii.2.a) A chord in which the pitches are presented in
succession
(d.ii.3) Chord progression
(d.ii.3.a) Sequence of chords
(d.ii.3.b) Creates a sense of expectation
d.iii) Texture
(d.iii.1) Texture completes the picture for each element
(d.iii.2) Measuring the density of each element
d.iv) Form
(d.iv.1) Verse/Chorus Form
(d.iv.1.a) Vocal-baseed form that contains two main
elements, both of which are repeated
(d.iv.1.b) Same melody with defferent lyrics separated by
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Document Summary
Unit 1: talking about popular music, talking about popular music. Dynamics (a. i. 6. a) gradations in pitch on a large scale (a. i. 7) Describes the relationship among the various parts a. ii) Timbre (a. ii. 1. a) (a. ii. 1. b) describes the characteristics of a voice or. The tone color of musical sound (a. ii. 2) intrument. Pitch (a. ii. 2. a) how high or low a musical tone sounds (a. ii. 2. b) (a. ii. 2. c) definite pitch -> consistent frequency. Intensity (a. ii. 3. a) how loud a musical sound is (a. ii. 4) Instrumentation (a. iii. 1) (a. iii. 1. a) grows out of timbre (a. iii. 1. b) Identifies the voices and instruments heard in (a. iii. 2) performance. Performance style (a. iii. 2. a) describes the way the musicians sing and play the instruments (a. iii. 3) Inflection (a. iii. 3. a) gradations of loudness from syllable to syllable a. iv) Berry was referred to chess records by idol muddy. Waters after meeting him after a concert in the palladium theater (a. iv. 2) Released august 20, 1955: the sounds of popular music b. i) Sources of instrumental sounds in popular music (b. i. 1)
