Music 1170A/B Lecture : Music Lecture #3 musical elements continued and the music cuture model
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Lecture 3 music elements cont"d & music culture model. Beat or pulse division of a span of musical time into equal sections (each clap marks off another beat/pulse of equal length) Tempo metre how quickly or slowly the piece is performed can change in a piece: regular pattern of stressed and unstressed beat. Might find trends performance some form of agreed upon rules or procedures performer and audience may interpret a piece differently how performers/audience show approval and disapproval community. Low statushow?: how does community use performance to communicate through themselves (ethnic heritage?) history/memory not interchangeable in this class (co-exist) history as an academic field (looking at any document w/ a skeptical eye) Working class black people who attend church. Birmingham style baritone usually takes over the main melody. Innovations: pumping bass grew out of novelty numbers; imitate animal sound/machine affects etc. Bass voice imitates a bass musical instrument. 1920s associated with a bass names gilbert porterfield (famous quartete singer)