MSC HST 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: June Carter Cash, Maybelle Carter, Sara Carter
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Western african music cultures and european american music that was imposed upon american slave as a means of impression: enforced hybridity . African griot/jolly tradition: west african griot to be an historian/storyteller for the people. Kora spherical base with a vertical neck attached to strings at the base more or less a harp. Solo there is an emphasis on individual performance. The singing and the playing rhythm do not match. European american christina hymns (protestant church hymns) Twelve bar blues form: form: aab, harmony: three chords. Tonic the first note that the tonality is based on. Dominant: a: ttt, a: sstt, b: dstt. African american slave music: call and respond. Keeping pace and maintaining rhythm: field holler. For example, hints or directions for the underground railroad. Country blues: single performer unaccompanied (predominately male, maybe a guitar to join, common response is the singer will do the call and do the own response on the guitar.
