MUSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Wattstax, Mel Stuart, Dreadlocks
1 Apr 2018
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Musc*2150 unit 10: black pop and the rise of disco. Youth dance culture continues to develop in soul train: program that showcases mainstream black pop. Funk, motown pop, fusions with other genres. Reggae and disco become mainstream in mid 1970s. Identify funk and aurally identify its elements in a song: discuss the development funk as it matures through the 1970s. Identify and discuss the sound of philadelphia and its major acts and producers: de ne and explain the phenomenon of blaxsploitation. Importance of the groove in each song. Un-melodic, disjunct vocals (boring with groove: 2 elements of psychedelic music: Trance-like repetitions of the groove: demands movement of the body. The poignant narrative would have resonated with many lower-class urbanites and shows a shift to more socially-conscious lyrics: rough, impassioned vocal time (soul) Wednesday, november 15, 2017: complex harmonies are similar to funk and progressive rock, rough vocal timbre (soul, b section: a study in electro-acoustic studio manipulation.
