MUSI 2060 Lecture 2Outline of Last Lecture I. SyllabusII. Blues CharacteristicsOutline of Current Lecture I. Origins of BluesII. Father of the BluesIII. Classic 12 Bar BluesIV. Rural Country Bluesa. General Traitsb. Texas Rural Bluesc. Mississippi Delta BluesCurrent Lecture- Jali (plural Jalolu): African historian/musiciano Also called griot (French)- From Senegal, Gambia, Ghanao Tribes: Yoruba, Woluf, Mandingo, Ashanti- William Christopher (W.C.) Handy (1873-1968)o The “Father of the Blues”: discovered and named them- Classic 12 Bar Blueso 12 measures of 4 beatso 1st two lines: same lyrics 1: tonic (sung & fill) 2: subdominant (sung); tonic (fill)o 3rd line rhymes (usually a response) 3: dominant (sung); tonic (fill); dominant (turnaround)- Rural (Country) Blues o General Traits Male solo singers Irregular meters Self-accompanied Acoustic instrument (mobile) Often improvised words and/or melodies Don’t always use 12 bars blue progressionThese 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. Instrumental solos rare on recordings (not enough space on record)- Texas Rural Blueso Single note bass string runso Repeated melodic, rhythmic figures (riffs) on bass stringso Alternate playing on bass and treble stringso Single string melodic fillso Arpeggiated chordso Blind Lemon Jefferson (c. 1883-1929) “Matchbox Blues” (rec. 1927 1st big star in blues recording- Mississippi Delta Blueso Frequent sliding from note to noteo Play slide guitaro Wailing style of singing (forlorn)o Small melodic rangeo Intricate polyrhythmso Rhythmic chordal fillso Percussive playing styleo Charley Patton: “Father of the Delta Blues”; 1st recordedo Robert Johnson (c. 1911-1938) “Cross Road Blues” (rec.
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