MUS- M 402 1st EditionLecture 30Outline of Last LectureI. Schoenberg’s Atonal MusicII. Serialism Outline of Current LectureI. JazzII. The BluesCurrent Lecture I. Jazza. Begins to be recorded around the 1920sb. Influenced in part by:i. “Music” of the “Western” “Art” “Tradition”ii. Aspects of African-American Music1. Orality2. Performer-centered3. Call-and-response textures4. Short figures repeated and varied with embellishments5. Syncopation and swing6. Bent pitches a. Blue notes- “Sliding” between major and minor thirds orother characteristically “jazzy” pitches/harmonies)7. Friction between multiple rhythmic layersII. The Bluesa. Uses AABA song form b. Head- main melody for the tunei. This is all that will be seen on a piece of musicc. Lots of improvisation after the head has been completedi. Notation on sheet music is completely insufficient to communicate howcomplexities can only be understood by actually hearing the music. Scoreanalysis essentially does nothing to communicate the music to theaudience.d. “Rocking” accompaniment and a swung bass line that provides a rhythmicanchor for the song.e. Vocal line provides rhythmic friction between sung line and walking bass
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