MUSIC 23 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Frankie Lymon, The Crew-Cuts, The Beach Boys
18 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
What%is%the%role%the%song%played%in%the%history%of%rock?
○
Artist,%song%itself,%technology%used%to%record%song,%is%the%song%about%a%car?
○
Impact%on%rock%and%roll?
○
Essay%#2%due%on%March%2nd%
•
Next%listening%exam%in%section%on%Tuesday,%March%6
•
Buddy%Holy
§
Three%artists%crashed%in%a%plane%crash
○
Where%we%left%off
•
People%becoming%more%interested%in%genres%that%led%to%rock
○
Three%year%sentence%-- served%two%years
§
Chuck%Barry%charged%with%bringing%a%minor%over%state%lines
○
Elvis%joined%the%army%in%1958
○
Little%Richard%left%music%and%joined%(?)
○
End%of%the%1950's%-beginning%of%the%1960's%(dip%in%the%history%of%rock)
•
The%Chords
§
The%Crew%Cuts
§
Frankie%was%13%years%old
□
Frankie%Lymon%and%the%Teenagers
§
The%Coasters
§
1950's%more%Doo-Wop%artists%on%the%radio
○
Doo-Wop%(Vocal%Harmony)
•
Early%1960's:%strong%central%place%for%songwriters%writing%hits
○
Piano,%lyricist,%composer
○
Brill%Building
•
The%Ronettes
○
The%Shirelles
○
The%Shangri-Las
○
Girl%Groups%(more%vocal%harmony)
•
Blues
§
Three%types%of%harmony
○
Limited%by%hearing%(20%Hz%to%20,000%Hz)
§
Limited%by%instruments
§
Major%Scale□
Minor%Scale□
Blues%scale□
How%do%we%divide%up%pitch%space?%(infinitely%divisible)
§
Pitch%Space
○
Chords
○
Very%quick%repititions%of%harmonic%patterns
§
One%chord,%not%melodic□
Vamp
§
One%or%more%chords□
Melodic□
Riff
§
Two%chords,%alternate%in%quick%succession□
Chord%Loop
§
Chord%Progression
§
Riffs,%Vamps,%and%Chord%Loops
○
Overview
•
Best%selling%American%group%of%the%1960's
○
Beach%Boys•
2/22/18
Thursday,% February%22,%2018
1:06%PM
