MUSIC140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Parlour Music, Sub-Saharan Africa, Emancipation Proclamation
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In the music industry, you had composers, lyricists, publishers, etc: sheet music is still dominating. Tin pan alley as a style of music. As a style, tin pan alley music incorporated the following elements. Basic, idealized romance beginning and ending (of love) Syllabic: re(cid:272)alled the (cid:862)e(cid:374)deari(cid:374)g you(cid:374)g char(cid:373)(cid:863) parlour song. Easy to play: the only way to hear music back then was hearing others playing it or playing it yourself. It was more common to play the piano then than now. Music was designed to be able to be played by competent amateurs. Easy to sing phrasing and range: also for competent amateurs. Shorter phrases because amateurs have amateur breath control. Same melody, same melody, contrasting melody, same melody. (great question for an exam. : great e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple: (cid:862) o(cid:373)e(cid:449)here o(cid:448)er the rai(cid:374)(cid:271)o(cid:449)(cid:863) i(cid:374) the wizard of oz, the pulse of the a section is a certain speed.
