Piano Styles Flashcards by Lani Tieu | Brainscape

Q

Band

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One man

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Piano styles

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Ragtime
Stride
Boogie woogie

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1 left hand

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Bass and chord

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Right hand

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Melody and chords

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Ragtime complicated form

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AA BB A CC DD A

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King of ragtime

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Scott Joplin

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Pre jazz style

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Ragtime

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No improv

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Ragtime

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Combination African syncopation and European theory

A

Ragtime

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Around 1890

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Gay nineties

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Stride origin

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NYC Harlem

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Left Hand striding

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Bass and chord

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32 bar song (AABA)

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Stride

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Improvised

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Stride

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Difficult technically

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Stride

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Notable players of stride

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James P Johnson
Fats Waller
Art Tatum

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Barrel house

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Blues based

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Blues evolved to

A

Rock n roll

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Social change

A

Blues

Q

Aural art form

A

Blues

Easy keys: G F C

Q

What came from Texas?

A

Blues

Q

Shuffle rhythm

A

Train rhythm

Blues

Q

W C Handy

A

Blues stylist

12 bar/measure

Q

Blues singers

A

Billie holiday

Bessie smith

Q

Easiest piano style

A

Boogie woogie

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Left hand ostinato

A

BooWoo

Persistent left hand riffs

Q

Notable BooWoo players

A

Mead Lux Louis
Albert A.
Pete Johnson

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Notable ragtime players

A

Jelly roll Morton

Scott Joplin

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Dancing

A

Boogie woogie

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Ostinato patterns

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Boogie woogie

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L-bass and chord

R-syncopated melody

A

Ragtime

Q

Maple leaf rag

A

Scott Joplin