MUSC 171 Lecture Notes - Honky Tonk Blues, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Snoop Dogg
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4 precursors: gospel, african american work songs, honky tonk piano (precursor to boogie woogie piano) and jump bands. A b lyric structure = case of work songs. The blues are something that a lot of people think they know: saxaphones are common, powerful and emotional, heavy base, move into lower-end emphasis (strained lyrics somehow), a pattern of chords (chord progression) Blues follow an: a a b lyric structure: emotion sadder lyrics, *aab lyrics (sometimes) & usually a particular chord progression. *follow a particular pattern: style blurry/flatter. Hillbilly can be taken in a negative fashion. In the 1920s, blues music was also called race music; up through the 1920s and 1930s, until 1949, had that connotation; aka rhythm & blues. Billboard (music charts) has been around for a while and in 1949, changed accordingly: country blues/rural blues. Southern usa: accompany himself (banjo or guitar)
