MUS 106- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 63 pages long!)
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He was central figure in a new kind of popular music (rock and roll) Didn"t spread gradually, but broke onto the national cultural scene relatively suddenly. Developed out of 3 principal sources that preceded it. Sheet music = main method of selling music. Tin pan alley in new york city. Many of the tin pan alley songs use a sectional verse-chorus format (chorus is most recognized part & verse is an intro that sets the scene for the song ) Tin pan alley aaba form plays central role in rock. Sectional verse- chorus form is rare in rock & roll. Trade would become a specific recorded performance (records, tapes, Not a specific recording of the song. 1955 - marks first year of rock and roll. Before 1955: rhythm & blues and country & western were still mostly outside the mainstream. Regional radio made this music available to middle-class white youth.
