MUS 2000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Such Sweet Thunder, Sonny Rollins, Cantopop
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Free jazz is defined as the avant-garde jazz of the 1960s. Musical features | highly individualized style, but common characteristics are present. Absence of tonality (all notes are equal, no hierarchy of notes), no predetermined chord sequences. Lack of traditional sounds, replaced by voice-like sounds . Manipulation of tone quality and pitch play out of tune. Extensive use of the altissimo register (for saxophonists) Music used high energy and gestures rather than development of melodies. Omission of piano didn"t want piano to get in the way of harmony and counterpoint, no chords. Taking up the slack = one element of music is tightly controlled, others are completely free. Example: pulse is very structured, traditional harmony and melody are abandoned. Appeal | probably the least popular style in jazz history. Low promotion, chaotic and nerve wracking to listen to, self-indulgent performances. Harmolodic coined this term to describe simultaneous soundings of a single melodic line, in different tonalities, pitches or.
