2nd Group Project, MUS 227 Tammy Mulske Mandy Capp Aslaug Hestø Danelle Dvorak Adrianne Sletto
Repertories AFRICA Ritual music Work songs e.g. Postal Workers. African American Work SongsEUROPE Parlor music Victorian - 19th Century Minstrel Shows Europeans imitating Africans Band Music American Musical
Sacred music Gospel/ Spirituals Ragtime R & B Blues Soul Pop Music Crooners AMERICAN MUSICAL
Big Band Swing Dixieland Jazz Art Music Bluegrass Country & Western Rock & Roll Boogie Woogie Rockabilly Crossovers & Covers African influence on a predominantly European Style
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Elements of music African influence in American Popular music: §Participatory - Gospel, Rock & Roll etc. §Syncopated rhythms, polyrhythms- Ragtime,Blues, Jazz etc. §Extended chords - Jazz, Blues, Motown §Metrical “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 instruments §Apprenticeship and/or oral learning- gospel, blues, jazz, pop
European Influence on American Popular Music: §Use of Traditional Harmonic Progression §Scales and choice of scales §Use of Classical Forms §Instrumentation §Fashion choice/ Music as a formal occasion- not jazz and blues really, but for the rest….. §Formal training §Notation