Study Question Ch.2
1. What are some important ways that the musical traditions of Africa and Europe are different?
In African music the references to the characteristics of and instrument used in African music are from historical African traditions. Also, African musical tradition is the blurring of the distinct lines between the performer and audience. References to European music point to the traditional classical music of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.
2. In what ways was the performance of traditional African music changed when Africans were brought to the New World as slaves?
Many of slaves came to from what are now the West African countries. Everything took from them except their rich musical heritage that is one thing could not be taken from them. Because …show more content…
Describe the musical and poetic formulas of the blues?
The blues an expression describing a depressed mood, musicians know the blues as a specific format of musical and lyrical rules that can be conveniently molded into an infinite variety of tempos, styles and interpretation. There are three essential musical elements that usually determine whether a song of fact is in fact a blues song. They are the 12-bar form, the blues scale, and the blues poetic formula. 4. Describe how ragtime evolved and some reasons why it became so popular?
Slaves often played syncopated music in string ensembles called jug bands consisting of faded and banjos, washboards, and foot stomping. Ragtime became known, pianists used the left hand to substitute for the foot stomping beat and the right hand to simulate the short, syncopated banjo melodies.
5. What are the positive and negative legacies of the minstrel show?
The positive of the minstrel show people in diffident region throughout the country were able to share for the first time the same songs, skit, and jokes. Although minstrel shows created and perpetuated many negative racial stereotypes.
6. Explain the differences between spirituals, the blues, and
1. What are some important ways that the musical traditions of Africa and Europe are different?
In African music the references to the characteristics of and instrument used in African music are from historical African traditions. Also, African musical tradition is the blurring of the distinct lines between the performer and audience. References to European music point to the traditional classical music of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.
2. In what ways was the performance of traditional African music changed when Africans were brought to the New World as slaves?
Many of slaves came to from what are now the West African countries. Everything took from them except their rich musical heritage that is one thing could not be taken from them. Because …show more content…
Describe the musical and poetic formulas of the blues?
The blues an expression describing a depressed mood, musicians know the blues as a specific format of musical and lyrical rules that can be conveniently molded into an infinite variety of tempos, styles and interpretation. There are three essential musical elements that usually determine whether a song of fact is in fact a blues song. They are the 12-bar form, the blues scale, and the blues poetic formula. 4. Describe how ragtime evolved and some reasons why it became so popular?
Slaves often played syncopated music in string ensembles called jug bands consisting of faded and banjos, washboards, and foot stomping. Ragtime became known, pianists used the left hand to substitute for the foot stomping beat and the right hand to simulate the short, syncopated banjo melodies.
5. What are the positive and negative legacies of the minstrel show?
The positive of the minstrel show people in diffident region throughout the country were able to share for the first time the same songs, skit, and jokes. Although minstrel shows created and perpetuated many negative racial stereotypes.
6. Explain the differences between spirituals, the blues, and