MUS 116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Fats Domino, Minor Chord
● 32 bar song form
○ 32 bars - measures
○ AABA is the general form
○ B = bridge
○ Last “A” is different from the first A
○ How can we count each section ?
■ 8 measures
● 32 / 4 = 8
● “Blueberry Hill”
○ What’s the song about?
■ Couple had moment on Blueberry Hill
■ Happiness and sadness
● Temporary happiness
○ Do music and words work together?
■ Yes, music joyful in beginning, then shifts to B section where lyrics sad
(uses minor chord), & then back to A is more of a melancholy sound
○ Gene Autry version
■ Faster tempo, sounds slower, only string instrumentation
○ Fats Domino
■ Bluesy, slower tempo, more instrumental
■ Piano, sax, guitar, drums, no instrumental solo
○ Little Richard
■ Upbeat, faster tempo, lyric change, sounds celebratory, chord changes
are same, piano solo
■ sounds happy that there was separation, joyous over independence
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