MUAR 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: The Soul Stirrers, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett
16 Aug 2016
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James brown: at the churches there were lots of singing and hand-clapping and usually an organ and tambourines wanted to base his sound around this . Aretha franklin: most of what i learned vocally came from her father who gave her a sense of timing in music . Soul stirrers with sam cooke how farm am i from canaan? (1952) Ray charles what"d i say (1959) Condensed simulation of an african american holiness religious service whoops, cries, bent notes, melismas and shouts, engaging in call-and-response patterns with either horns or a female backup trio. Often changed the words from sacred and secular texts to his own lyrics. Otis redding i"ve been loving you too long (1965) Relatively slow tempo, triplet subdivisions, often articulated in piano or guitar arpeggios. Sliding through a pitch is very expressive builds a tension starting below the note and sliding upwards. Wilson pickett in the midnight hour (1965) Modeled on brill building mainstream american entertainment practices.
