MUSC 2018 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Whole Lotta Love, Folk Music, Musical Language
16 Jan 2016
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Riff based songs, rise of guitar hero. Power chords: lots of repetition, not the same way as funk music however. Ac/dc, you shook me all night long, 1980. Young: they formed in 1973, two brothers the young brothers, malcolm and angus, flashy virtuosic guitar players known for a specific thing , chuck berry"s duckwalk adds an element to the his schoolboy outfit performance. Spoke about beethoven roll over in his grave; to forgive him and listen to the music. Guitar heroes: yngwie malmsteen: diminished chromatics, harmonic minor, heavy e phrygian, what a high brow superiority, accessibility, more exclusive than accepting. Bb king giving them pleasure rather than yourself . High-brow is generally classified as classical music experimental to a point. More simple musical language coming from the working class punk music. Broader terms that describe superiority and dignity, harder to make someone feel left out if they don"t understand. High and low brow are socially constructed.
