MSC HST 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thirty-Two-Bar Form, Phonograph Cylinder, African-American Culture
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Tin pan alley- where popular music performance started. Often ends with a tag : an ending different from the cadence of the original a. Example of tin pan alley song: i dream of ginni with a light brown hair. Phonograph cylinder: first effect sound recording technology, however, poor quality of sound. Gramophone record: similar to phonograph, record was flat, so it"s easier to store sounds, material changed as well: wax cylinder isn"t used anymore, but plastic is. By 1910s, records are mass produced and widely sold: sound quality is still poor. Demand for music in 1950s is huge. Blues is an outbreak of african american culture- begins as a hybrid. Combines elements of western + african music cultures. Haitian revolution: first time that european oppression was overthrown by subjugated people of color. African side: griot/jali tradition: purpose: be a story teller for your people. Griot/joli: travels around a lot and stops at every village and perform history for the people.
