MUSC 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Frankie Knuckles, Piano, House Music
3 May 2016
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1970s- rise and fall of disco late 70s- house takes off in chicago. Mid 80s- mid 90s- peak of house popularity. Today it is primarily white, but it was black. Specialized in music that you wouldn"t hear anywhere else. He is the god father of music. Move your body : begins with an acoustic piano and four on the floor, eventually switched into electronic keyboards, an a capella breakdown later in the song, can hear the drop a little bit. No standard verse chorus here- build it up and then drop it and everything will come. But also because it is homemade quality right back in. Designed for dancing: four on the floor (disco, vocals as instruments (funk, most electronic instruments (new, but also sampled acoustics (new) Detroit djs make the trip to chicago. Bring the music back, add their own sound.
