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Unit 5 Mind Map (Jazz/ Blues Tradition ( 51& 56) (Scott Joplin (Texas,…
Unit 5 Mind Map
Jazz/ Blues Tradition ( 51& 56)
Ragtime Dances
African American style
Modified Euro - American Traditions
Pianists accompanied by social dancing
1980s
Scott Joplin
Texas
Played in Honky Tonks and piano bars
The " King of Ragtime"
Made efforts to elevate ragtime to a serious art
form
Balanced Phrasing and key structures with syncopatic music
Listening guide 42
Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag
Published 1899
A-A-B-B-C-C-D-D
4 Sections
Sold a million copies
Demanded royalties instead of flat fee
Jazz roots
Associated with the US
West african traditions
New Orleans
Continues to evolve by incorporating many styles
Blues roots
Civil War: Delta Blues
Voiced difficulties in everyday life
Twelve Measure Harmonic Patterns
Traditionally associated with US
Louis Armstrong
New Orleans Jazz Scene
trumpet player
Singer/ Actor
BIllie Holiday
Born PA - moved to NY
Most famous song - Strange fruit
No formal Training
Later struggled with addictions and abuse
Listening Guide 47
Billies blues
Intersection between Jazz& Blues & Dance
Short intro
12 Bar blues
Six chorus
Patterns of melody/ Harmony pattern
Big Band Era
1930s-1940
Larger groups of players
2 Trumpets, one cornet, 3 trombones, 4 saxophones (double on clarinet), 2
basses, guitar, drums, vibraphone, and piano.
Written, arranged & composed
Wide audience
Edward Kennedy " Duke Ellington"
Born DC
Studied PIano
Played in NYC Jazz clubs
Composer/ arranger
Major Figure in Harlem Renaissance
Listening Guide 48
Take the A Train
32 Bar Song Form
AABA
Composed out Jazz Style
Some elements of Improv
Call and response
Syncopation
Riffs
Bent notes
Shakes
Glissandos
Old School- Medieval and Renaissance
Social disruption
Professionals and amatures
Ground Breaking Embellishments
Published dance music books
Instrumental Music Inspires Dance
Categorized
Bass- Soft - indoor
Haut - Loud- Outdoor
Instruments
Recorder, Lute - Bass instruments
Shawm, sakbut, cornetto,
tabor, nakers = loud
Trumpets- Battles and Fanfares
Tielman Susato
Renaissance Musician and composer
Music printer
Dance music
Short repeated, sections embellished by performers
Listening guide 9
Variety of Instrumental dace types
Duble meter
Susato’s Danserye
Published 1551
Binary form AA BB
Mostly Homophonic
Chapter 37
19Th century American Music POP culture
European Immigrants brought cultivated repertories
American Style Adopted
POP music Minstel Shows/ Parlor songs
Popular = belongs to the people
Marketing and POP culture
Marketing
Minstrel - Variety Shows
White Performers
Black Face
Plantation Life
Publishing Companies
Amatures
Parlor songs
Stephen Foster
Professional Song writer
Pittsburgh , PA
Mostly wrote Parlor songs
Sympathetic to abolitionist cause
Listening guide 28
Foster’s Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Parlor song
Tone is Bittersweat
Strophic
A A B A
Voice and Piano
Homophonic
Chapter 51
The Band Tradition
Music for brass bands
Roots
Revolutionary war bands
Civial War era Bands
18th century US Marine band
John Philip Sousa
Born in DC
The " March" King
Conducted US Maine Band
Toured Extensvely
Wrote over 130 Marches for the band
1892 formed civilian group