MUS 2304 Lecture Notes - Ringo Starr, Drum Kit, Maraca
Document Summary
A genre that was linked to the drug scene and hippy counterculture in the 60s. Musical expression of the hallucinogenic experience of lsd. Expansion of sonic palette; limits of the instruments, distortion, feedback. Form is the organization of a work into phrases and sections. Beatles context: stop touring in 1966, begin work on stg. pepper; experimentation with technology. The main vocal is processes through leslie speaker. Vocals are double track ( a kind of overdubbing). Essentialy is taking the same track and doubling it in order to make it sound thicker. Phrase a and b, ab, ab and so on. Brief segments of tape that can be used in fragments. Ringo starr: constant drum pattern, compressed drums, accents on second half of first and third beats. Compression is a process where the sound signal dymanic range is reduced by a defined ratio.