MUCO 120 1st Edition Lecture 8Outline of Last Lecture I. African-American Musical ElementsA. Rattle and BuzzB. ImprovisationC. Call and ResponseD. PolyrhythmsE. Rhythmic SyncopationF. Swing FeelG. Blue NotesH. Blue ScalesOutline of Current Lecture I. African-American Styles of MusicA. Work SongsB. SpiritualsC. Country BluesD. Black String BandsCurrent Lecture African-American Styles of Music- Work songs were used during slave times in order to past the time, synchronize their work, and communicate with each other.- Spirituals are religious music of the plantation days. African Americans were taught Christianity and its religious music; however, they added their own musical style.- Country blues is an acoustic form of the blues.o Robert Johnson was an authentic country blues artist. He was well respected, buthe was not popular musician. He is considered a hero from the Rock ‘n Roll world. There was mythology associated with his life; he sold his soul to the devil to become a better guitarist. He played slide guitar, which is where an item (bottleneck, metal pipe, or glass tube) could be utilized to slide on the strings. This caused rhythmic syncopation and was useful to obtain blue notes. His most famous song is “Crossroad Blue.” This song following the format of the 12 bar blues and the AAB format; however, he entwined this song with his own style.- Black string bands was another blues style, but only included string instruments.o The Tennessee Chocolate Drops was a black string band from Knoxville. One of the members Howard “Louie Blue” Armstrong was from LaFollete, TN and played These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is bestused as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.the fiddle. He sang and spoke in several languages because of the diversity of thistown in the late 1800s. He like to play several genres of music, not just the blues. Carl Martin played the mandolin and was from Big Stone Gap, VA.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a
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