MUS 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rhiannon Giddens, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Montana
19 Feb 2020
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Southern accent: minimal decoration, no vibrato, melisma (multiple notes per syllable) Static melody with exclamations: doesn"t move a lot in pitch. Kitty wells, "it wasn"t god who made honky tonk angels" Subject is about cheating men: 1950s, hiccups, thin, shallow vibrato. Patsy montana, "i want to be a cowboy"s sweetheart: 1930s, adds a yodel, quick fluctuation from someone head voice to chest voice. Rhiannon giddens: goal as a musician was to resurrect black music history. Diet facts: mass migration from rural areas to urban centres continues, rural working class finds employment in rising automobile industry, factories, etc, middle class expands, electric guitar invented 1930. Inclusion of electromagnetic device called a pickup: transmitted vibrations of strings to be amplified, rickenbacker "frying pan" model in 1932, gibson es-150 1936. Timeline: 1920, 1st blues recording, released by ralph peer, song by mamie smith, 1922, 1st country recording, 1923, 1st successful country recordings, 1929-39.
