MUS 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Polyrhythm, Ring Shout, Cakewalk
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Mus 106 - lecture 5 - chapter 2: african music. Songs of work, celebration, disseminating info, etc. Add one more note and it becomes a blues scale. Between fourth and fifth note of pentatonic. After 1807, couldn"t bring slaves into the country but slavery was still practiced. Slaves brought over the field holler and the work song. Field holler - solo, improvised, free form. Work song - call and response, definite beat. Four million slaves in u. s. by the time of the civil war. Spiritual - european hymn sung using african performance techniques. Second awakening - (1800-1830) religious revival, camp meetings. Minstrelsy - most popular form of 19th century entertainment. Minstrel shows - derogatory depictions of african americans. Stephen foster: most famous composer of ethiopian songs. James bland: most famous black minstrel composer. Blues scale - 3rd, 5th, and 7th notes are flatted. A: everyday, everyday i have the blues.
