MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Wah-Wah Pedal, Ray Manzarek, African-American Music
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The doors formed in 1966: jim morrison (vocals) Iconic figure in rock band: ray manzarek (keyboards, robby kreiger (guitar, jon densmore (drums) Sf: as hub of countercultural activity in music. Unusual keyboard instruments by manzarek: harpsichord, electric organ heard in light my fire . Narrow range, low range similar place of nick jagger, rock singing, low in register. Melodic range is narrow, 3-4 different notes. Melody in blues involves few notes used for drama, very dramatic: dramatic, importance of lyrics. Morrison is a poet, some poems went into music. Influenced by high culture poet: influences other than blues. German cabaret music : 1930s, the doors covered a song from that time, intense exploration of new music is part of counterculture. Listen to the alabama song both original and the one covered by the doors. In psychedelic music, musicians explore indian traditional music. Exploring sonically different kinds of sounds with jazz influence and keyboard instruments.
