MUS 185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Maraca, Electric Guitar, Neville Marcano
4 Nov 2016
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Calypsonians: male (cid:894)at first fe(cid:373)ales (cid:271)reak i(cid:374) later(cid:895, macho, lo(cid:449) (cid:272)lass (cid:271)ut regarded as spe(cid:272)ially gifted. An important early feature of calypso singing: picong: picong: verbal sparring (exchanging insults, live on stage, today known as extempo, much less common today calypso characteristics. Calypso music has had a long history (early 20th century to present) and during that time the instrumentation has changed, keeping pace with popular music developments. What do we hear o(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:272)lassi(cid:272)(cid:863) era (cid:272)alypso re(cid:272)ordi(cid:374)gs (cid:894)early (cid:1005)9(cid:1004)(cid:1004)s up to wwii(cid:895) Addition of percussion instruments such as bongos, congas maracas. Soca: from the 1970s forward, soca music replaces calypso as the dominant style in t and t popular music, meant for the road, not the tent; therefore: Lyrics: not narrative; less clever: synthesized sounds. Road march title (best calypso song for the street): ten times. Ran his own calypso revue tent for decades.
