MUSIC 0711 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Theatre Owners Booking Association, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey
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Africanization changing of the results of cross-fertilization. Bantu rain song - african song genre that uses pentatonic scale similar to blue notes. Black codes laws passed in the 1800s that restricted african american freedom. Black swan first recording company for the black by the blacks. 4 schools of the blues delta, territory, southeast, urban. Bottlenecking sliding of hands up and down the strings of a guitar, producing a slide effect. Often begins in a closed position, but sometimes leader would swing the follower into an open position. Great awakening greatly responsible for introduction of african american religious music in the us. Lindy hop a fusion of jazz, breakaway, and the charleston. Melisma a group of notes sung to one syllable of text. Minstrel show comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music performed in blackface: show proper semi circles on stage, warming up crowds, ended with the cakewalk.
