Notes on the Listening Examples for Chapters 1-2 1. Backbeat Examples (discussed on the bottom of page 8) If you count out loud “1-2-3-4” over and over and clap when you say “2” and “4” you are clapping the backbeat. The backbeat is the single most important characteristic of ALL popular music. 2. Riff Examples (page 10) Almost all rock‚ pop‚ R&B‚ Hip-Hop‚ etc. is based on riffs. 3. Example of Call and Response between lead singer and chorus (background singers) (page 19) “Unchain My Heart”
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system which operated in most southern and border states‚ but not exclusively (Pilgrim). A man named Dartmouth “Daddy” Rice performed a song that was a mocking imitation of a black plantation slave (Gale). Rice was the first person to ever wear blackface makeup‚ he used burnt cork to darken the color of his face (Gale). Jimcrow or jimcrowing refers to the injustice of segregating blacks to lesser facilities (Gale). At the start of the Jim Crow era‚ laws were put into place to enforce racial segregation
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bigotry and degradation. Webster’s Dictionary defines a Minstrel as “any of a troupe of performers typically giving a program of black American melodies‚ jokes‚ and impersonations and usually wearing blackface‚”[i] Thomas D. Rice is believed to be the first Minstrelsy in blackface. Rice modeled his minstrel after an older disfigured black man entertaining himself with song and dance wearing unkempt clothing. His most popular minstrel was “Jump Jim Crow.” "Jump Jim Crow" became the first
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Jedda: Racist Relic or Ahead of its Time? Jedda: Fifty years ago the movie Jedda broke new ground in its portrayal of the indigenous inhabitants of this land. Andre Greenhalgh examines its rich legacy. In the 1930s‚ 40s and 50s‚ government‚ Charitable and church groups moved many mixed-race children into orphanages and in some cases helped adopt them into white families. It was felt that part-white children could be integrated into white society. Some Aboriginal and part-Aboriginal
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There are many examples of monstrosity that come up in Shakespeare’s Tempest‚ the most obvious examples being the wicked witch Sycorax and her son‚ Caliban. However‚ other monsters appear at the end of the play‚ like the strange shapes that bring in the banquet and when Ariel appears as the harpy. Sycorax‚ an unscrupulous witch that ruled the island after her banishment from Algeria‚ imprisoned Ariel in a tree when he wouldn’t carry out her terrible commands. Although only mentioned briefly in the
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Depiction of Native Americans and African Americans in Hollywood Films Name Institution Date Introduction A person can use film‚ television‚ music‚ art‚ and literature to retrace practices within the society. Since the discovery of motion pictures in the 19th and 20th century‚ films have been a powerful tool‚ with films serving as escapist fantasies‚ enabling viewers to enter surprising worlds and experience colorful and wild characters (Holtzman & Sharpe‚ 2014). Films have also been utilized
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What shaped American Music? * People: conglomeration of cultures. The Elements of Popular Music * Harmonic Progression * Chords that are changing in harmony * Call and Respond * A musical phrase in which the first and often solo part is answered by a second and often ensemble part * Rhythm Four Basic Qualities of Musical Sound * Duration: how long or short * Intensity: how loud or soft * Pitch: how fast or slow the sound vibrates; how high or low *
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Lm89Jazz Jazz is a genre of music that originated in African American communities during the late 19th and early 20th century. It emerged in many parts of the United States in the form of independent popular musical styles‚ and it is linked with African American and European American music. Jazz since its birth have changed and faced with improvisations starting from ragtime till the modern style of the jazz. The birth of Jazz in the multicultural society of America has led intellectuals from around
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African Americans suffer from economic‚ psychological‚ political and social exploitation at the hands of powerful Whites in this country. As a result of this exploitation‚ Black people usually are put into situations where the commission of a criminal act is often seen as the most effective resolution to their problems. Most Caucasians‚ however‚ will probably never understand the predicament in which most Black find themselves. Stolen from our homeland and then forced to work under the most miserable
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The minstrel show was a form of entertainment. Performed by white and black people in blackface consisting of variety of acts and dances. The show made fun of Africans‚ portraying them to be ignorant and lazy. Despite the degrading aspect of making fun of themselves‚ African dancers were performing their culture and the original style of their
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