MUS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Outlandish, Robert Stigwood, Motown
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British invasion: an influx of british bands in the early 1960s whose styles borrowed from. American pop, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and early blues and who, in turn, were to have a profound influences in the emergence of rock. Concept album: a rock-era album which represented a unified artistic vision rather than a compilation of a group or individual"s songs. Modal harmony: chords built from modal scales, rather than major and minor scales. Modal scales are common in british folk music. Motown sound: a set of stylistic features heard in sixties motown recordings: melodic saturation, a good mellow beat, a broad spectrum of sound and a predictable format. Psychedelic rock (acid rock): a rock substyle defined not by a musical feature but simply by the music"s ability to evoke or enhance the drug experience. Rock beat: eight evenly spaced sounds per measure (or two per beat) over a strong backbeat.
