MUSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Verb, Slide Guitar, Vocal Range
30 Jan 2015
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1970"s rock history: was a dark time, a difficult time for western nations, stock market crash, high unemployment, a recession (1973-1975). Blues based rock/corporate rock/stadium rock: led zepplin, the who, much more distortion, more sex in the lyrics, music becomes darker, a rise in the virtuoso, strong interest of people who are masters at their craft (guitar etc). Show off the vocals, drums, and guitarist: vocal range is better, wider = uses the rasp, and register (like elvis) Beginning to blend the british blues rock, british invasion and classical music = important it leads to two new genres: heavy metal, progressive rock, catharsis: release of emotions, can take on many forms; Stairway to heaven - led zepplin: creates a fantasy narratives, two ways to create it: by flashing images in front of your mind, shared concepts and shared, piper = devil (satan), trickster.
