MUS 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Strophic Form, The Bourgeois Blues
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Deals with issues of common people, close to the heart and to everyday life, typically uses acoustic (non-electric) instruments. Most folk music is passed along by oral tradition . The passing down of music by word of mouth from one person or generation to the next. Lyric song conveys an emotion or a mood, action and. Narrative ballads (story song) song tells a story, usually. Strophic (the music is always the same while the words are always new and different) drama are minimal (music and lyrics are repetitive, with different sections like verse and chorus) Dance song music that facilitates dancing (strong beat), Protest song encourage social and political change. Children"s song usually short, simple, functional, and. Intended to lift the spirits of someone feeling blue . Usually three lines of lyrics with the structure a, a, b. Also uses much tone bending altering or bending a pitch slightly up or down (sounds like wailing or moaning)
