Music And Instruments Of Hardships Flashcards
The music that developed while working on plantations in the southern region was called?
Holler songs or work songs
Holler songs followed a “_____________” sequence, which is similar to _______________ used in ____________________.
Call and response, antiphonal singing, sacred music
These songs expressed the hardships of the slaves and their longing for freedom, for their safety, and for relief as they perform difficult tasks.
Negro Spirituals
Negro spirituals use _________________ to express enslavement.
Biblical metaphors
These songs also serve to give them hope that eventually life may improve for them.
Negro spirituals
_____________ were done on instruments as they were used.
Syncopations
It referred to the piano music that we call today as ragtime.
Syncopation
Its basic character is its syncopated rhythm.
Ragtime
First ragtime hit
Maple Leaf Rag
Who composed Mapel Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin
One of the simplest musical genres that evolved from the music of black or African-Americans.
Blues
It requires flexibility and a high level of improvisation in their performance.
Blues
Three main chords of blues music
1) Tonic
2) Subdominant
3) Dominant triads
Jazz began in?
New Orleans
It has been acknowledged as the most creative and complex genre of music America has produced.
Jazz
Jazz is very _______, as it constantly evolves and develops into the new subgenres.
Dynamic
One of the early forms of Jazz.
Dixieland
It is a combination of the traditions of blues, ragtime, and brass band.
Dixieland
It is usually instrumental in nature, though it began to integrate vocals as it evolved through the years.
Dixieland
2 most prominent Dixieland performers
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong and pianist Jelly Roll Morton
It is composed of 10 or more players with basically the same instrumentation as that of Dixieland.
Big band
A highly danceable music type that became famous until the 1940s.
Swing music
It is relatively small with just 4 to 6 musicians.
Bebop
It is characterized by complex melodies and chord progressions.
Bebop
Bebop is not suitable for dancing. True or False?
True
Bebop is not suitable for dancing. True or False?
True
A style of singing that uses syllables sung to improvised melodies.
Scatting
Subgenres of bebop
- boogie-woogie
- rock and roll
- rock
- disco
- rap
- techno
Subgenres of bebop
- boogie-woogie
- rock and roll
- rock
- disco
- rap
- techno
