MUSIC240 Lecture 1: Lecture #1 Notes
27 Jul 2016
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Solo voices try to disrupt the rhythm or the groove (or rut) All american rhythm section: freddy green (acoustic guitar), count basie (piano) , Walter page (bass), joe jones (drums) modern swing sound. Polyrhythm two or more layers of rhythm playing simultaneously, african. Verse for a vocalist sets the tone (performed out of time) Bebop era changed the way songs went eliminated verses and only played main body of song and the improvise-able part. Rhythm change changes are the chords, very recurring in jazz. 1-6-2-5 i"ve got rhythm 32 bars: aaba. Just because it"s the same song doesn"t mean you can rely on the melody to identify it see lester pres young"s version of i"ve got rhythm . Blues: harmonic chord progression (12 bar, 3-line stanza aab. Colon response where one performer will sing a phrase and the accompanist will respond almost a musical conversation, interaction huge aspect of jazz and blues. Reckless blue bessie smith & louis armstrong blues.
