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age of rock |
The baby boom after World War II 1950's time of discrimination rebellious time for adolescents/parents civil rights moment beginning |
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race records |
ended in 1949 changed to rhythm and blues (R&B) |
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Joe Turner |
"boss of the blues" 1911-1985 |
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Big Momma Thorton "Willy Mae" |
sung the original "Hound Dog" track R&B singer Peacock Records 1953 |
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"Hound Dog" by Big Momma |
bass, guitar, percussion, voice uses Strophic form, call and response "tongue in cheek" song |
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Elvis Pressley |
Capital Records rockabilly style (country rock) Heartbreak hotel Hound Dog-1956 (very less sexual) Motown-1959 |
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Jim crow laws |
"separate but equal" |
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Brown Vs. Education |
education was not equal between blacks and white This over-ruled Plessy Vs. Ferguson 1954 |
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1964 |
Civil rights act |
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Rock |
R&B Literal blues 12 bar blues country |
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Bill Haley |
1955 "Rock around the clock" 1st rock song "Blackboard Jungle" movie made this song famous |
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Chuck Berry |
Early famous black star of rock and roll influenced The Beatles and Rolling Stone singer and guitarist "School Day" 1957 |
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"School Day" Describes a typical school day in 1950's until release and party to rock |
Genre- Rock and roll Timbre- vocal solo, guitar/piano and drums Texture-homo phonic (call and response between voice and guitar) Form- strophic (music remains same, words change) Meter- quadruple Tempo-fast |
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Four Properties of Musical Tone |
pitch- high or low volume- loud or soft duration- long or short timbre-essentially equal to what instruments are playing |
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Melody |
groups of pitches horizontal, consecutive pitches |
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Harmony |
pitches played at the same time pitches put on top of each other for a chord |
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Pitch |
notated on the staff: 5 lines and 4 spaces letters (A-G) moving line to next higher space moves on pitch (one letter up) |
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(Volume) Dynamics |
volume change Forte (f) = loud piano (p) = soft mezzo (m) = medium (recall our discussion of the English word mezzanine) Other indications: mf, mp, pp, ff. wide dynamic range with the first section of Beethoven’s 5th symphony |
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Crescendo Fortepiano |
dynamics getting gradually louder, building up (Piano) named for its dynamics |
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(Duration) Rhythm |
Groups of duration, long and short notes Rhythm is notated by changing the appearance of the notes on the staff. The open circle = 4 beats. Adding a stem = 2 beats adding a stem and filling the circle in = 1 beat. (The old system worked in 3's ) |
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Beat |
Note lengths equal a number of beats. The beat is a steady, unchanging pulse, around which duration patterns (rhythms) vary.
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Timbre |
the more instruments there are in a piece, the greater the range of timbre tends to be
array of timbres in the first movement of Mahler’s 6th symphony, written for large orchestra. |
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Tempo |
speed Allegro, adagio, moderato, presto. Note: tempo (the speed of the beat) and rhythm are NOT the same. |
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Texture How music lines work |
Monophonic. One musical line only, a melody by itself (happy bday song)
Homo phonic. Melody with background or chords or harmony (song church) Polyphonic texture: more than one melody line at a time (song row your boat) |
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Form |
how music is organized or structured Strophic- music remains the same as the words change ABA-principally used for music with only instruments, no words |
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Columbus |
1492 sent by King Ferdanand and Isabella of Spain looking for tea, silk, spices & to create trade route markets, naval domination Wanted a "pure catholic Spain" |
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Native Americans |
Navajo Chant Songs |
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Yei Bi Chai |
Navajo Chant Song voice, rattles Moderato, monophonic texture-no harmony |
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Characteristics of Native American Music |
voice, percussion one beat, single instrument monophonic (no harmony) call and response small ideas repeated- music= ceremony |
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oral tradition |
music was never written down, it was passed generation to generation by imitation or example |
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falsetto |
very high singing |
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vocables |
non-lingual singing no words Yeibichai "Doo Da" |
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Sioux Grass Dance |
significant change in dynamics it was a war dance, healing dance, stomping dance, camping dance |
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Trail of Tears |
1830's Tribes made to go out west |
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R. Carlos Nakai |
native american flutist, composer, and educator |
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New England 1620's pilgrims |
wouldn't have survived without natives sang psalms |
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Europe |
highly developed musical region religious music people spoke greek |
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Psalms |
150 inspirational verses found in old testament usual for Calvinists to sing Psalm tunes in church, but in harmony w elaborate instrumental accompany |
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Acapella |
no instruments, in unison |
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Bay Psalm Book |
1640 1st publication of book in English colonies also called Psalter originally wrote in Hebrew Bible- wrote in Hebrew and Greek (new testament) |
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Inning Out |
1650 Leader sang a song, congregation sings back |
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Hymns |
1720 written by people (unlike psalms that are biblical) |
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singing school movement |
goal was to create musical literacy so you wouldn't have to reply on inning out |
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singing schools |
1720's temporary, few times a week for a few months got a tune book (how to identify and read music) and practiced music helped Europeans to read/ sing music produced critical mass and first american musician |
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Enlightenment |
1720-1800 scientific way of exploring the world an educated generation USA founded on this |
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Public education |
Before tutors lived in house if families had money Illiteracy rate decreased newspapers were more popular Novels became popular |
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Declaration of Independence |
1776 Thomas Jefferson Reasons why- breaking relationship with England |
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Constitution |
1789 spells out rights/ duties of people in government |
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parts in a chorus |
soprano alto tenor bass |
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William Billings |
product of singing schools first composer to write a large collection of music wrote first tune book by an american published in New-England Pslam singer put american music on the map |
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"Chester" |
William Billings written about american revolution tune sung in continental army mixed chorus/choir homo phonic strophic acapella |
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30 years war |
10 million killed destructive as WWII |
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Middle Ages |
Catholic church very powerful |
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Protestant reformation |
An attempt to reform the church where protestant religion came from |
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Martin Luther |
started protestant reformation 1517 "95 thesis" you can pray repent your sins/ go to heaven |
