IST 240 Lecture Notes - Bassline, Saxophone

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One of the most important changes in the history of jazz. Jazz was once the most popular music in the usa. Swing jazz was becoming very old/worn out. New generation had a lot of african americans. Moving from a large band --- back to a smaller band. Each musician became more important and more reasonability. Music became more complex, and difficult for the average audience to follow: bebop components. Used aba format: a main melody, all instruments play same notes, same time, b solo. Drums: used for accents and punctuation, bombs spontaneous accents on the drums. Upright string bass: uses walking bass line, much more complex and interesting. Rhythm section is more independent: musical expansion. Extended harmony(higher harmonics of the overtone series) A better musical sound, more of the overtone release. Tonal clashes: meant to jolt the listener. Chornal substitution: changing chords to new and complex chords.

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