MSC HST 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Maybelle Carter, Minor Chord, Appalachian Mountains
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Harmony is what happens behind the thing (the singing on the piano) Up the octave by cutting the chord in half. Minor chord- ? overtone (sadness and misery) One, four, five chords: one, four- the subdominant (not as strong, five- the dominant. When he puts finger on half that"s the first overtone its an octave. Study the historical and culture background of the music listen to everything. Hillbilly music got its name from record labels as a marketing ploy: yodel, barn dance, ballad (essentially telling a whole story barbara. Allen is an example: instruments banjo, no electric instruments all acoustic. Guitar maybelle carter (low string melody and chords on higher strings: vocals over emphasizing the southern twang. The high lonesome sound (high, whiney), authentic, gritty: hobo music being on a train, being abused. Blues: african traditional music and european church music. Slavery was a crucial part of this: country blues one dude (robert johnson)
