MUS 008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: The Star-Spangled Banner, African-American Music, Electric Guitar
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Mus8 popular music cultures of the u. s. lecture notes (cid:891)/(cid:884)(cid:884)/(cid:883)(cid:888) - )ntroduction. What does it mean to be (cid:498)american(cid:499) Jimi (endrix at woodstock, (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:888)(cid:891), playing (cid:498)the star spangled banner(cid:499) From viewing this piece, it was nothing like any other star spangled banner performance ) have seen before. )t was de(cid:976)initely not for me and seemed sort of (cid:498)overpowering(cid:499) for a national anthem. Who(cid:495)s playing it: a counter-cultural african american man. Sound of the music: guitar wails, screams, sounds like bombs. Ethnomusicology: the study of music in and as a culture. Draws on & de(cid:976)ines new kinds of communities (cid:523)de(cid:976)ined by generation, ethnicity(cid:524) Feedback, distortion, wah-wah pedal, (cid:498)noise(cid:499), playing with his teeth! (endrix transformed how the electric guitar was played: (cid:891)/(cid:884)(cid:889)/(cid:883)(cid:888) - )nterpreting music videos. First music videos as a genre date from (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:890)(cid:883) Style of fast, frequent cutting is a hallmark of north american & british music video. Looking at the organizing principles, ideologies & worldview that de(cid:976)ine an object.
