MUSI 1580 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mahalia Jackson, Blues
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Shout sister shout- women in gospel and jazz. Gospel music is a religious american music. Because of the time period they were the first african americans who were allowed to. Fist singers- african american, work songs, and slave period songs, and also incorporated popular songs. By 1920s recording happened- included music, and hear the congregation responding to what was happening. He injects the feeling and emotion of serven and blues music. Four part harmony- which later inspired barber shop corset. Sings on a series of different voices seeaaaaaaannnseeee: staccato; short and detached. Sharp and almost silent: laborite, vocal interjections, become different and longer. Reason is to emphasize the meaning of it, clapping, and or foot stomping. In 1938- they were taken into a secular setting, (out of church) Varied her timbre- rougher timbre in blues. She emphasized the picking of her guitar which really influence chuck.
