Subjects Flashcards
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West African and European Elements
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- WA Music for all occasions
- WA Polyrhythms»syncopation»swing
- WA Call & Response
- WA Blue Notes/pentatonic scale
- WA Improvisation
- WA Vocal qualities
- WA Instrumentation (percussion)
- EU Instrumentation
- EU Tonality (harmony)
- EU Counterpoint
- EU Form
- EU Notation
2
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Four Contributing Musical Styles
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- Work Songs
- Sacred Music
- Brass Bands
- Dance Music
3
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Work Songs
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- Work Songs»Blues
- Call and Response
- Form
- Blue Notes
4
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Sacred Music
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- Sacred Music»Spirituals (and later gospel)
- Call and Response
- Harmony
5
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Brass Bands
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- Brass Bands»Swing
- Instrumentation
- Rhythm
6
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Dance Music
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- Dance Music»Ragtime
- Rhythm
- Form
7
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New Orleans & Early Jazz
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- Congo Square in Treme, NO. Slaves would be allowed to gather and play their culture’s music
- Small booming city with party atmosphere
- Many different ethnicities. creoles, french, west africans, europeans, etc
- Storyville whore houses, music played for entertainment, dancing, birth of ragtime
8
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The Great Migration & Chicago Jazz
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- The War closed Storyville, blacks left to go North due to lack of demand
- Jim Crow also made life difficult for many, the North was less discriminatory
- Migration route up the Mississippi River and into Chicago
- Chicago was having an industrial boom, musicians found work in abbatoirs and the like
9
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The Harlem Renaissance
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- Rebirth of the African American as Intellectual, Enlightened
- Cultural, social and artistic explosion between end of WWI and middle of 1930s
- Poets, Authors, Musicians, Philosophers, Scholars, Artists
- Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, WEB Dubois
10
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Collective Improv & Solo Improv
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11
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Ballroom & Swing Dancing
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- James Reese Europe popularized the music with whites
- Fletcher Henderson’s house band at Roseland Ballroom
- His arrangements played by Benny Goodman gave birth to Swing boom
- Paul Whiteman’s symphonic jazz style was popular
- Bands evolved mostly to accommodate dancing
- Evolved from 4 on the floor stride piano to brass bands playing in 2
- Coleman Hawkins popularized saxophone
12
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Big Band Arranging and Instrumentation
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13
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Evolution of Pre-jazz»Early Jazz»Swing»End of Swing
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14
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Musical elements of each style and their derivations
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15
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Geographical and sociopolitical influences
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