MUSC 320g Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hip Hop, The Formalist, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Hip-Hop Studies
Hiphop!
-Strategies for defining HIP-HOP
•The formalist approach
-Sonic and Musical Aspect
-Melody/Harmony: moods and question of singing vs. rapping!
-Rhythm: the important of dance and timing g!
-Flow: rappers’ use of voice and language!
-Samples: do you know sources? Historical or stylistic significance!
-Production: instrumentation and timbre, use of synthesizers, drum machines,
digital audio workstations, etc!
-Dynamics: the impact of the sound, loudness on the dance floor for at home!
-Genre: questions of style conventions in sound and raps!
•The social-historical approach
-Cities: New York, LA, Campton, Atlanta, Chicago, etc
-Scenes: specific communities, regions, and cultural practices!
-Media: claims and practices by artists, producers, interviews, social media
-Culture: marketing of hip-hop, fashion, style, dance, technology, etc
-Industries: labels, genre categorizations and institutions, etc.
•4 elements:!
-DJing!
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