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Music Yr 8 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Rough and gritty sounding (like early blues singer)
    - - Making something up
    - - A bassline which walks up and down the instrument at a steady pace
    - - Singing multiple notes to one syllable
    - - A scale used to improvise by blues musicians
      - C, Eb, F, Gb, G, Bb, C
    - - | C | C | C | C | | F | F | C | C | | G | F | C | G |
  - - - Sung by many people in harmony
      - Religious themes
      - Often sung in plantations
      - ‘Code songs’ - used to convey secret messages
      - Origins of gospel music
      - Sometimes uses a soloist who uses melisma
    - - Use of call-and-response
      - Steady tempo helps workers to be together
      - Singing helps to overcome boredom of manual labour
      - 2/4 time signature
      - Criticising masters and others in power
    - - Raspy / growly timbre expresses pain and sorrow of singer
      - Use of melisma
      - Personal emotional expression - unique to the singer
      - ‘Holler’ means ‘to shout’
  - - - Instruments:
        
        Acoustic guitar
        
        Vocals
      - Texture:
        
        Thin
      - Tempo:
        
        Moderato
        
        Some personal freedom
      - Structure:
        
        Verses repeated with different lyrics
      - Timbre:
        
        Raspy singing