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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spirit for music. The music helped to increase productivity in the daily task and reduce the feeling for sadness. The blues was created by African American communities in the deep South of the United States. It started in the 19th century and continued to make its way in the future. The blues was everywhere in rural areas‚ small towns and big cities such as New Orleans. The blues is set up in a 12 bar structure. The songs are usually played where four beats that are found in each measure. The drums
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as jazz‚ blues‚ and hip-hop‚ most Americans do not realize that they are the essential components to the evolution of African American Vernacular Literature. In fact‚ it is the key factor that brought African American culture into the limelight in America. Since the first black peoples in America were slaves‚ and were not allowed to read or write‚ the African American Vernacular Traditions began as completely oral communications in the form of church songs‚ blues‚ jazz‚ rhythm and blues‚ and hip
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outside‚ but is corrupted by the golden money on the inside. Blue: related to Gatsby and his dream‚ numerous times Gatsby’s party is described as having a romantic blue aura around them. When Gatsby is with Daisy it’s a perfect blend of blue and white that blissfully make the area feel like a dream. Blue seems to represent success in this novel too because when Gatsby starts his new life with Dan Cody the first thing he buys is “a blue coat”. However‚ like most good things in this novel‚ once the
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as if they are telling a secret that has been kept for years..Blue waves that crash against the beach making the sand crumble between my toes..Crabs running everywhere.. Then I see it..a blue house..with its paint starting to fade from the hot sun..pink shutters that storms have almost destroyed..but the house still looks amazing sitting there facing forever... A little girl with curly red hair playing with a little boy with blue swim shorts...running into the ocean they seem 2 magically disappear
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is Riley B. King. He had born in Itta Bena‚ Mississippi‚ united States. He is an African American known by the stage by BB King. He is a singer‚ guitarist and song writer. He is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all times‚ earning the nickname “The king of Blues” Early Life: King was born in a small cabin on cotton Plantation‚ Mississippi. His father was Albert King and his mother Nora Ella Farr. When King was 4 years old his father abandoned the family and his mother married
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Even though jazz music was developed from mixed cultures at the beginning of the 20th century‚ and rock music came about in the 1950’s and was a combination of blues‚ country‚ and jazz‚ they both have similarities and differences. Some of these similarities and differences can be found in the way each of these two music genres use improvisation‚ the atmosphere they create‚ and their sound. For example‚ it is true that jazz is known for its improvisation‚ but rock can also improvise; Jimmy Page‚ from
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Rock ’n’ roll was born out of blues and country music‚ but soon these genres became only part of something much more flavorful. Psychedelia was very similar to the format of jazz music‚ which helped create a musical revolution and liberated rock music from its blues foundations and previous constraints. This gave musicians the guts to take more risks by changing time signatures and becoming more
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Western Music Genres Blues Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States around the end of the 19th century from spirituals‚ work songs‚ field hollers‚ shouts and chants‚ and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The blues form‚ ubiquitous in jazz‚ rhythm and blues‚ and rock and roll is characterized by specific chord progressions‚ of which the twelve-bar blues chord progression is the
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with her own backing groups‚ The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. Her first ever large scale public performance was at the Monterey Pop Festival; this led her to becoming very popular and one of the major attractions at the Woodstock festival and the Festival Express train tour. Joplin charted five singles; other popular songs include: "Down on Me"; "Summertime"; "Piece of My Heart"; "Ball ’n’ Chain"; "Maybe"; "To Love Somebody"; "Kozmic Blues"; "Work Me‚ Lord"; "Cry Baby"; "Mercedes
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