Rhythm and blues

Without African music we would not have some of the most popular genres of music that we have today. African music influence helped create genres like jazz, gospel, blues, soul and even hip hop and reggae. The traditional song and dance created by native Africans spread all over the world as its fusion with other type of song helped create the music we all know and love today. The spread of the African music can be traced to the slave trade that shipped Africans all over the world. The one thing…

music was marvelous. By the 1920s jazz and blues were exploited. Everyone wanted to hear it even the white people. Whites wanted to hear them sing…

considered a representative of what they wanted to express. His musical career; Record with Sun Records Label in Memphis, after his contract was sold to RCA Victor is there when it becomes international star. His musical influence was a mixture of rhythm…

The masterful, classic composition “Potato Head Blues” by legendary musician Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven band is widely regarded today as one of Armstrong’s finest recordings. This song is a quick-paced jazz melody with the trumpet along with the piano providing what I believe is to be a 4 beat per measure rhythm. “Potato Head Blues” also sounds different from that of Joplin Rags since I counted 2 beats per measure. The song also does not seem to have much variation with a constant…

1. Give a brief definition of the following: a rhythm b. beat c. melody d. harmony a. rhythm: As an element of music, rhythm describe how is the song organized in patterns to create certain form of music. b. beat: It is the basic unit of time with which the rhythm of the song is measured, as a pulse. Also it can be used to refer the fundamental rhythmic organization. c. melody: It is the organization of notes of different pitches. d. harmony: It refers to the organization of chords used…

Between the 1950s and 60s, R&B is also known as rhythm and blues was a genre of music that became one of the most popular music in the United States that was created by African Americans. As R&B developed and America was listening to R&B music, it was the start of Africans Americans being seen as equal to whites and as talented. As R&B evolved throughout the years, it has changed drastically since the 50s and 60s because different elements of music were starting to be incorporated into R&B. R&B…

In chapter ten Jones discusses the two secularities ways that blues began to separate into throughout these next few years. People who moved forward to citizenship moved away from older blues. When the city blues began to be powerful, the larger negro dance bands hired some of the emigrants as soloists and the blues began to be heard everywhere. However, the materials of blues were unavailable to the middle class and the white man. The movement far from mainstream developed what was known as…

many African-American genres of blues and rhythm and blues. Its development is in the UK and the USB in1960s and later. In 1960s and later, different styles of rock music appear. Like blues rock, folk rock, country rock and raga rock. Between 1960s and 1970s, rock became a trend. And it is famous in the world. Influence Pop Punk: the first rock and roll. The 1990s pop punk derives form 1970s punk. Pop punk tend to use power-pop melodies and chord. The chance of rhythm is very quickly. The sound…

from times of drastic change, the great depression and war. It was only destined that such a legendary genre of music would emerge. Rock and roll first emerged primarily of combinations most familiar with African Americans, such as blues, boogie woogie, jazz, jump blues and gospel. Typical instruments found in early rock and roll consisted of the electric guitar, double bass, bass guitar, and optional piano or saxophone. There were later many different types of rock music that emerged after the…

Few cities can claim the legacy of blues. There’s a generation of blues musicians that have brought their beautiful music to the Temecula Valley, attracted by the charm of the scene of a city domained by the wine culture, it seems like the pair goes very well hand in hand. The public is always eagered to hear vibrant guitar riffs and suspended harmonica chords. Missy Andersen at the Miramonte Winery on November 21st, 2015 was no exception. The large enclosed courtyard provided a festive ambiance…