1. 2nd Group Project, MUS 227 Tammy Mulske Mandy Capp Aslaug Hestø Danelle Dvorak Adrianne Sletto

2. 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

3.  Sacred music  Gospel/ Spirituals  Ragtime  R & B  Blues  Soul  Pop Music  Crooners AMERICAN MUSICAL

4. 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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6. 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.

7. §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

8. 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