Music Flashcards
Afro-Latin and Popular Music - Music and Instruments of Hardships
in the 19th century, these people from the continent of Africa were brought to America
slaves
this has influenced the genres of american music and has become what is uniquely american
african-american
the african slaves brought this with them in the 17th century
banshaw or known today as banjo
the music that developed while working on plantations in the southern region
holler songs or work songs
these songs expressed the hardships of the slaves and their longing for freedom
negro spirituals
negro spirituals use these to express enslavement
biblical metaphors
Black musicians during the 19th century would call syncopated rhythms as a way of “ragging” a tune
ragtime
were done on instruments as they were used, eventually, they were referred to the piano music that we call today as ragtime
syncopations
He is the king of Ragtime and composed the “Maple Leaf Rag” around 1899, which became one of the first ragtime hits
Scott Joplin
considered one of the simplest musical genres that evolved from the music of black or African-Americans
Blues
blue music is structured on three main chords:
1.) tonic
2.) subdominant
3.) dominant triads
this began in New Orleans during the late 19th century
Jazz
this has been acknowledged as the most creative and complex genre of music
Jazz
one of the early forms of jazz, this started in the early 1920’s in new orleans
dixieland
it is often played on a band with trumpet cornet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, banjo, piano, string bass, and drums
dixieland
