VPMB94H3 Chapter : VPMB94 Listening Guide 2
27 Feb 2012
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Tradition of expressive inflections of pitch in african american vocal & jazz instrumental styles: street cries of charleston (male street vendor) Call of african american street vendor trying to sell blackberries: fishermen, strawberry, and devil crab (miles davis trumpet solo) Opera described african american life in charleston: hunter"s dance. Plucked string of dozo-konu (6 strings harp lute) Overlapping call and response because the male voice begins to sing before the women chorus is done. Excitement increases as performance proceeds, more layers of activity: one day. Sung by angelic gospel singers (four women), dixie hummingbirds (five men), pianist. Raspy timbre, common to west african singers & musicians. Call-and-response pattern doubles in rate: one o" clock jump. Against sounds, antiphony, different riffs are played against each other. Percussion includes hand claps on beats two and four. High pitched male voice sustains tones over ensemble sound, offering countermelody. Swing feeling: dixie jazz band one-step by the original dixieland jazz band.
