[MUSI 3200] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 46 pages long Study Guide!
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Add variety and contrast to what the lead vocal is doing. Call-and-response: the chiffons, he"s so fine , lead vocal sings, back ups respond/repeat, repetitious, something you don"t really have to pay attention to. Harmonies/harmonizing: simon and garfunkel, the 59th-street bridge song , singing along with someone else but not on the same pitch, can"t pick out a lead vocal and a backup easily. Main role is to provide the basic rhythmic background to the music. Backbeat: snare on beats 2 & 4 (usually in answer to kick on 1 & 3: them, gloria . Fills when they add drums or beats to accentuate the beat or certain parts of the song. Little guitar : four strings instead of six. Chord progression: elvis presley, hound dog . Component of the rhythm section, but more into solo territory. Accompanimental or soloistic (or both: fats domino, whole lotta loving , the animals, house of the rising sun .
