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Three main sources of american music
eropean heritage classical music
western tradition
anglo american folksong
african heritage
notation
Harmony I ii ii IV
form teleological, goal oriented, sectionalized
AABA, abab
verse chorus form
orchestra
syllabic melody
melismatic melody
minstrelsy
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usage of percussion in western music
usage of percussion in african music
stephen foster
pentatonic scale
griot and kra
class and response
blues
blues scale
blue notes
cyclical form
dominant 7th chords
inflection
country blues
urban blues
12-bar blues form
lyric form
rythm
dynamics
pitch
melody
harmony, chords, arpeggio
timbre
instrumentation
texture: homophonic, counterpoint, layered textures
form
tempo
surface rythums
meter, measure bars
riff
I IV V
ii V i
fox trot
two-beat
backbeat
scale
key
Blues
A feeling, a style, a form - 12-bar blues. Free form and more harmonic pacing than the urban blues.
Loops around I, IV, V.
1, b3 , 4, #4, 5, b7, 8
How the note is bent. Inflection type.
WC Handy: Father of the blues.
beggining midpoint
phrase 1 i iV i
phrase 2 iv i
phrase 3 v iv i
Read/repeat/rhyme
Three main sources of american music
european heritage
classical music
western tradition
angl-american folksong
african heritage
notaion
harmony I ii II ietc
form - teleological, goal oriented, sectionalized
AABA, ABAB
verse-chorus
form
orchestra
syllabic
penatonic scale does not have sharp 4
sqrt(10/4^2)