Jazz + Blues Flashcards
What are the chords of 12 bar blues known as?
Primary chords of key
what do the chords of 12 bar blues make up?
make up 12 bar blues sequence
What is the walking bass-line?
heard in many different types of jazz music
walks up and down double bass/electric bass
What is boogie-woogie?
Style of blues piano
When did boogie-woogie become popular?
1940’s
how is boogie-woogie characterised?
characterised by regular bass riff while right hand uses trills + melodic decoration
what is the cotton-slave triangle?
traders set out from European parts towards africas west coast. They bought people in exchange for goods + loaded them into ships.
How long did the traders voyage take?
6-8 weeks
What happened when the traders + cotton-slaves arrived?
Africans who had survived the journey were off-loaded for sale + put to work as slaves.
what did the ships of cotton-slaves work return with?
goods produced by slave labour.
what was influenced because of the cotton-slave triangle?
12 bar blues
Name some different styles of jazz+blues.
Big band jazz, 12 bar blues, ragtime
what is the instrumentation (instruments used) in big band jazz?
- big band brass, saxophone, trumpets, clarinets, drums, bass, sometimes vocals are added.
how is big band jazz played?
improvised
‘Jazz stabs’ mainly homophonic textures.
Repeated chordal pattern
Is big band jazz homophonic or polyphonic?
homophonic- melody with accompaniment, texture
what chordal pattern does big band jazz have?
Repeated
What instruments are used in 12 bar blues?
distorted electric guitar
solo guitar section
guitar riffs
GUITAR/ ELECTRIC GUITAR
what types of chords are used in 12 bar blues?
primary chords
what instrument makes the repeated riffs in 12 bar blues?
guitar
What is ragtime?
Early jazz piano
Contains steady bass
What instrument plays a solo in ragtime music?
Piano
Describe the hand movement in ragtime (what left and right hand does)
left hand moves quickly
right hand improvises
When was jazz and blues created?
End of 19th century
What was blues music heavily influenced by?
African American history.
