Origins

Question 1

4 precursor genres to jazz? + most important factor to associate it with?

Answer 1

MARCHING BANDS - ex-military instruments (cornets, trombones, sousaphones, snare drums, bass drum) = early jazz band line up.
Bass line 1 + 5 + structure (rondoesque)

RAGTIME

NEGRO SPIRITUAL- African musical elements, Christian religious hymns, hardships of slavery, hope for freedom. Primary chords, C+R, improv, embellishments.

PLANTATION SONGS - Eu harmony, concentrated musical elements of African American folk music

Question 2

What is ragtime?

Answer 2

Style of composition + piano playing, striding LH, syncopated RH, same structure as March or dance.
Grew out of ballroom dances, marches / songs

Question 3

Ragtime example track and MF?

Answer 3

'New Rag' - Scott Joplin (1912)
Chromaticism b4
Rondo structure
Syncopation across the bar line b5-6
LH - 1/5 vamping bass line (stride piano - Harlem school)
In 2, reminiscent of marches

Question 4

Why NO?

Answer 4

Creoles of colour
Military connection
Congo square
Geography
French connection (Eu harmony)
Spanish-American civil war (1899)
Storyville