MUSI 2520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Snoop Dogg, Yamaha Dx7, Dub Music
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James brown is often regarded as the godfather of soul-started out as r b artist. By the mid 1960s, brown had developed a signiture different thing, groove called the one which emphasized the first beat of each measure. Brown"s musical innovations pushed the funk music style further to the forefront with hit tracks such as. Get up (i feel like being a sex machine) 1970. As brown transitioned from r/b to funk, he moved away from 12 bar blue form associated with earlier music. Moving toward catchy, anthemic vocals grounded on extensive vamp vamp=repeated. Brown used voice as a percussive instrument with frequent rhythmic grunts and with rhythm section patterns resembling west african polyrhythm, a tradition evident in african american work songs/chants. Frequently punctuated with screams and grunts, channeled the ecstatic ambiance of the black church in a secular context brown is also the father of the vamp (loop) too.
