2nd Group Project, MUS 227
Tammy Mulske
Mandy CappAslaug Hestø
Danelle Dvorak
Adrianne Sletto
RepertoriesAFRICAAFRICA
Ritual music
Work songs
e.g. Postal Workers.
African American
Work Songs
EUROPEEUROPEParlor music
Victorian - 19th Century
Minstrel Shows
Europeans imitating Africans
Band Music
Am
erican M
usical
Sacred music Gospel/ Spirituals Ragtime R & B Blues Soul
Pop Music
Crooners
AM
ER
ICA
N M
US
ICA
L
Big Band Swing
Dixieland
Jazz Art MusicBluegrass
Country & WesternRock & Roll
Boogie WoogieRockabilly
Cro ssove rs &
Co ver s
African influence on a predom
inantly E
uropean Style
MOTOWN
Elements of musicAfrican influence in American
Popular music:Participatory - Gospel, Rock & Roll etc.
Syncopated rhythms, polyrhythms- Ragtime,Blues, Jazz etc.
Extended chords - Jazz, Blues, MotownMetrical “give and take”Gospel, Blues, Jazz etc.
Simple melodies- Bluegrass, Soul, Rock & Roll, Motown
Sing-Speak - Blues, Jazz, Rock & Roll, American Musical
Expressive body language- Gospel, Blues, Jazz, R & B, Rock & Roll, American Musical
Communicate a message- Gospel,Rock & Roll, Blues, R & B, American Musical
Instrumentation- New, exotic percussive instrumentsApprenticeship and/or oral learning- gospel, blues, jazz, pop
European Influence on American Popular Music:Use of Traditional Harmonic ProgressionScales and choice of scalesUse of Classical FormsInstrumentationFashion choice/ Music as a formal occasion-
not jazz and blues really, but for the rest…..Formal trainingNotation
Top Related