MUSI 2040 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jelly Roll Morton, Tito Puente, Blue Yodel
28 Oct 2016
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History of popular music exam 2 study guide. Fil: the fourth i in each line; no lyrics, instrumental response after every verse. Rumor: robert johnson at the crossroads (sold his soul to the devil for his guitar skills) Bottleneck/slide guitar: the use of a piece of glass (or a slide) to slide along between chords. New orleans style jazz born in dance halls. Accompanist will drop out and will have bursts of notes. Standardized because it needed to keep people dancing. Hillbilly records: country and western; poor, rural, white communities. Carter/thumb-and-brush style guitar: (hawaiian) steel guitar: cross between steel drums and guitar. Itinerant worker- connected with the people during the great depression. Yodelers in the alps a part of vaudeville acts. Kansas city swing: kansas city as crossroads: in between midwest and west. Short fragment of melody that is repeated over and over. Jazz musicians took away melody, used chord progression of i got rhythm over and.
