MUSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Homophony, The Crew-Cuts, Bessie Smith
7 Feb 2018
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Country western: a lot less homogeneous than tin pan alley, has a lot of sub-types, changes from region to region. Bluegrass: this style of music is heavily influenced by fiddle playing, virtuosic playing, requires a demanding level of skill from the performer. "kentucky mandolin" by bill monroe and the blue grass boys: virtuosity is usually not a feature in music, the instruments they are using do not belong to the classical world. _______________: the marginal music borrows from the mainstream. Field hollers: they were work songs, meant to keep workers distracted as they worked. "po lazarus" - james carter and the prisoners: call and response, slaves singing the song, the melodic line is a shuffle rhythm, to keep a slow, steady beat while working. "black snake moan" by blind lemon jefferson: hokum blues, aab pattern in the verse, hear the dialect, with a rough timbre, an amusing song about sexual misadventure. Improvisation in both the vocals and the guitar.
