History of American Jazz Appendix A: Understanding Jazz -Americas art form -European- African musical traditions -Hard to define Defining Jazz Improvisation- spontaneous and simultaneous composing and performing Rhythm- a unique interaction with time involving: -syncopation‚ -jazz swing rhythm Dissonance- extending common rules of music; “pushing the envelope” Jazz interpretation- a unique way of producing sound and phrasing melodies Interaction- listening to and reacting to musical
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In the turn of the 20th century‚ an enormous wave of change swept across the nation. As the trend of modernism crashed into the shores of American life‚ traditional values washed out to sea. However‚ changing tides also brought sunlight upon modern culture. Rapid urbanization‚ economic growth‚ industrial production‚ invention and innovation in technology contributed to the rise of a new consumer culture. By the second decade‚ the United States liberated from the restrictions of conservatism. Many
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Not only did Louis Armstrong changed the way music is‚ but Armstrong owned the definition of perseverance. “Musicians don’t retire; they stop when there’s no more music in them.”In this quote‚ Louis Armstrong is defining what he believes in. He is saying that you or anybody can’t quit. That you stop when you don’t believe in yourself.You stop when you lose hope in yourself to succeed. Louis Armstrong is a “Game Changer” because not only is he changing Jazz‚ but he is also changing how musicians
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Reinaldo Hernandez MUL 2380 Notes Chapter 1 It is very difficult to define jazz because it has so many varieties. Almost all jazz styles have improvisations and swing feeling. Improvisation means compose and perform at the same time. Four ingredients that help music swing are steady beat‚ syncopation‚ lilting quality‚ and rising and falling of the melodic line. Charles Mingus was a jazz bassist known for his composing and improvising. Dizzy Gillespie was a modern jazz trumpeter who devised a highly
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jazz‚ and jazz rock. It has only been around 100 years but it has shifted numerous time . The jazz in 1900 to 1910 was still in pupal stage in the first decade of the 20th century. Some of the first jazz icons‚ trumpeters Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke‚ were born in 1901 and 1903‚ respectively. Inspired by ragtime music‚ they played music that valued self expression‚ and in the early part of the century‚ began to capture the nation’s attention. From 1910 to 1920‚ the seed of jazz began to take
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Between the 1920s to the mid 1930s‚ the Harlem Renaissance was a literary‚ artistic‚ and intellectual movement that kindled a new black cultural identity. For the first time African American lives were seizing their first chance as a group to express themselves and get a positive response. Harlem‚ New York was the center of this dramatic cultural change‚ African Americans transformed social views and began to have more pride in their race‚ this age produced‚ visual arts‚ writer and new music such
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US History II Midterm Key Terms Chapter 13: Reconstruction and the New South |amnesty |Enforcement Acts | |John Wilkes Booth |Panic of 1873 | |Andrew Johnson |Civil Rights Act of 1875
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Sanitarium is continuously driving weet-bix market with variation in product according to customer’s need from 92 years. Quality: 1. With number of variations in product Sanitarium weet-bix try to full fill different dietary requirements of customers of all age groups. 2. Sanitarium claims to be made from wholegrain and a good source of protein‚ carbohydrate‚ fibre‚ vitamins. 3. Sanitarium maintains a strict nutrition policy for its products‚ with limited amount of salt‚ sugar‚ and
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sift of the cereal and collect the milk from each bowl of cereal in the order of 1-4 7. Record the results of the test. Results * Cocopops- 54ml * Nutrigrain- 59ml * Weet-bix- 26ml * Cornflakes- 49ml Observations: whilst watching the cereal in the ten minute time period‚ the weet-bix absorbed milk quite fast but nutrigrain was slow. The nutrigrain absorbed milk slower due to its small mass‚ but with the cocopops the milk have to penetrate the sugar coating before getting
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11st Class: 01/16/13 Pre-Jazz Influences African Elements in American Music [The Jazz DNA] -Syncopated rhythm – playing rhythms in between or against the stead beat -Improvisation – art of spontaneous composition in music -Call and Response – echo style (copy)‚ question and answer style of musical conversation -Individuality – human voice as instrumental model Use of bends‚ slides and timbr (tone manipulation) to sound like no one else. -Beat – steady pulse -Rhythm – sound
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