MUS 008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Old-Time Music, African-American Music
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Genre: category of music based on style and tradition. Form: how the song is patterned (ie: ab) String band music: old time music, use multiple string instruments, has an a,b variation pattern. The banjo: associated with early african american music. Akonting: african string instrument the banjo is based off of. Use the banjo along with contemporary instruments. Very western/country style in some songs and pop with others. Banjo is the center of the beat and sets the melody of the song. The group sometimes use a jug, which establishes rhythm, like a metronome. The contemporary piece which they play has a modern style with the strings of the banjo being strummed. The traditional piece has a southern-country style with the banjo strings being plucked rather than strummed.
