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21 Cards in this Set
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3 blues styles
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-rural -classic |
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characteristics of urban
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usually a male singer
blues band (electric guitars, piano, bass, drum, harmonica) more emphatic rhythm wide range of tempo complex texture instrumental solos |
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characteristics of rural blues
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one male performer
sometimes 2nd guitar or harmonica phrases a bit irregular 3 chord harmony not clearly followed slower tempo |
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characteristics of classic blues
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female singer + piano
additional melody instruments 3 chord harmony |
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Nonparametric Tests
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Inferential statistical tests used with non-continuous data (i.e., nominal categories or ordinally scaled data). do not assume homogeneity of variance or that the data is normally distributed.
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patting juba
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rhythm patten by clapping or striking body parts. used in ring shout
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field holler
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solo, improvised song by someone during field work. no direct beat or instrumentation
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classic blues musicians
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willie dixon, john lee hooker, sam 'lightnin' hopkins, eddie james house
alberta hunter, etta james, blind lemon jefferson, blind willie johnson, robert leroy johnson, riley b. king, leadbelly, charley patton, ma rainey, bessy smith, mamie smith, aaron walker, muddy waters, howlin' wolf |
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typical 12 bar blues form
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
A------- A'-------- B I-------- IV---I-----V-------I |
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bottle neck
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playing the guitar with a segment of a glass bottle top over the 4th or 5th finger which then slides along the fingerboard to produce a smooth, wailing melody
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spiritual
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african american religious folk song. references the bible and freedom for slaves
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chanted sermon
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heightened speech of religious content. during church service. rhythmic phrases, sense of beat, reciting tone, melodic riffs. interjections from congregation
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jim crow laws
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laws that legalizes segregation and discrimination in the south.
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blues characteristics that reflect traditional african music
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layered rhythm
call and response drums religious themes syncopated clapping open ended |
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areas where blues developed (3)
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mississippi delta- richest, most influential style
east texas- rhythmic style piedmont-lighter style |
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boogie woogie
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style of piano blues from the south. popular in 30s and 40s
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rhythm and blues
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particular variant of urban blues that is direct ancestor of rock and roll
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jazz blues
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purely instrumental form of blues performed by jazz groups of all kinds.
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blue notes
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altered from european scale. 3rd, 5th, 7th notes.
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blues rhythm
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moderately slow tempo with strong triple subdvsn of beat (123,223,323)
orrr continuous shuffling long-short-long-short |
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blues vocal style
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raspy and rough. slides, falsetto, hummming.,...
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