MUSIC140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Memphis Minnie, Jim Crow Laws, Sweet Home Chicago
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Share cropping: when former slave owner hired former slaves. New forms of music appear during late 1800s: ragtime. Not until 1880s- 1890s does new culture appear (ted principle: ted technology, economics, demographics. Significant shift in 1+ of these. Male vocalist with acoustic guitar: except a few (e. g. memphis minnie) Blues are a music form (most prescribed) and musical aesthetic: aesthetic characteristics: Plaintive vocal sound lament. Life throwing curve balls and things can be better. Themes include: travel, economics and love: musical form characteristics: 12 measure phases (12 bars long) A- a- b lyric pattern: follows the work song a- a- b lyric pattern. Call and response between guitar and vocal. Eagle flies on friday eagle represents money (i. e. gets paid) Saturday goes out to play saturday go and blow all money away. Sunday gets on my knees and pray realize nothing left. Note: empty boxes above represent solo lines. 1877 recording technology has been introduced.
