Musc 200 1st Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Last Lecture I. CoversII. New Styles promoted by mainstream industry to distract from rock and rolla. Calypsob. Early Folk Music Revivalc. Teen Idolsi. Annette FunicelloIII. Meanings of Rock and Rolla. Sexualityb. Politcallyc. AestheticallyOutline of Current Lecture II. Early 60s Rocka. Surf rockb. Girl groupsIII. Surf Rocka. 4 important thingsb. Soundi. Whammy barii. RhythmCurrent LectureEarly 60s Rock- Transitional period, rock and roll was seen as a fifties term and now was rock- Most 1st generation rock and rollers had changed their style, lost their audience, or diedo Early rock and roll was dying out by the early 60s- New styles surfaced in the early 60so Surf Rocko Girl GroupsSurf Rock- Most were instrumental groupsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Instrumental music hadn’t charted on major charts since the Big Bands- Textbook says surf rock turned rock and roll into white middle class entertainmento Most songs about surfing, love, cars, and women- But surf rock was tied to many important changes- Many people think of the Beach Boys when they hear surf rock, but that band was not representative of surf rock as a whole- Surf rock was music created for and by surfing subcultureso Regional variant of garage rocko Most groups from southern California- 4 important things about surf rocko Emphasized band arrangement and virtuoso guitar solos, linking Chuck Berry and the late 60s guitar heroeso Tons of creativity, like with doo wop Showed that there’s not just a few musical geniuses who come around every now and theno Associated with the surfing subculture that developed in the early 60s as a reaction against the mainstream Viewed working at a regular job as an enabler for surfing Surfers were not hippies- Both rejected the mainstream and went back to nature to find more meaning in lifeo Surf Rock was about guitar virtuoso solos but about using simple and straightforward techniques Led to guitar heroes Led to punk style (anti-virtuoso)- Surf Rock Soundo Standard rock instrumentation 2 guitars, bass, drums, sometimes a keyboard or a saxophone Few had vocalistso Guitars used lead pickup, whammy bar, and lots of reverb Contrast between hooky melodies and virtuoso soloso Rhythmic foundation Early 60s groove: slight variation of drum pattern of 50s rock and roll 50s had strong backbeats on 2nd and fourth Early 60s had strong snare drum accent at 3 places in a measure- 2, the and of 2, 4 (one and two and three and four and)- “and” – moments between 2 beatso 1 and 2 and 3 and 4- Became the iconic surf rock and early 60s soundo If you hear this rhythm, you think of the early 60s- The Ventures were a surf rock band from Seattle that was one of the defining groups of the surf rock soundo Instrumental groupListening: “Walk Don’t Run” by the Ventures- 1st big hit, didn’t write it (original version was by Johnny Smith and was a 50s jazz tune. Next version was by Chet Atkins and was in the country/jazz style, this was the version the Ventures knew)- Electric guitar uses bright lead pickups o Single coil pickups- Whammy bar increases or decreases the tension on the strings to raise or lower the pitcho Essential for surf rocko Bending the strings and using the slide guitar method are both limited when compared to using a whammy baro Whammy bar provides a much broader range of pitches and bendso Adds vibrato and gives the guitar a fluid vocal-like effecto Almost all of the sustained pitches in this song have vibrato from the whammy bar- Whammy bar double stops and stop time breaks- Bridge – virtuosic use of whammy baro Not just a trick, takes a lot of practice and technique to control- Rhythm guitar hammering on chordso Simple and aggressive manner is another predecessor to punk- This is the first track we’ve heard in this class that is in the minor keyo Minor key has a different pattern of whole and half steps than the major keyo Gives a darker, more serious and sad soundo Surf rock brought those sounds into the rock sound, which ended up being very