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3 categories of popular music

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  • popular
  • classical
  • folk
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American pop music grew out of 3 distinct musical traditions

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  • art music of Central Europe (classical music)
  • Folk music of the British isles
  • West African music
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American pop music is important in at least 3 ways

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  • culturally
  • commercial sales
  • artistical expression
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most musical sounds have 4 properties

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1) timber
2) intensity
3) pitch
4) Duration

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definite pitch

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any instrument you can sing back

-ex: piano

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elements of popular music

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1) instrumentation
2) preforming style
3) dynamics
4) rhythm
5) melody
6) Harmony
7) texture
8) form

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inflection

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the note to note dynamic shading of singer or instrumentalist

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chord

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group of pitches heard at the same time

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arpeggio

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notes of a chord in a series/ breaking apart chords

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instruments of pop music fall into 5 groups

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1) rhythm
2) winds
3) strings
4) percussion
5) electronic instruments

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tempo

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defines speed of the beat

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measure

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beats grouped into longer rhythmic units

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two features have defined the sound of rhythm in American pop music

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1) rhythm section

2) backbeat

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riff

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short melodic idea

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form of music

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  • AABA

- Verse/ Chorus

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sources of popular music

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1) Central European heritage
2) Settlers from England, Ireland, Scotland
3) African slaves

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melisma

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series of pitches sung on the same syllable

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source of pop music from Central European heritage

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Central European music in America regins from Italian opera to German lieder

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source of pop music from England, Scotland and Scotland

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settles brought a rich folk tradition with them like fiddle, folk, banjo

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source of pop music from African slaves

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almost exclusively visual

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pentatonic scale

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5 note scale

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call and response

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the regular alternating of 2 contrasting sounds

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what 2 traditions have been the crucial factors in the creation of pop music

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1) European traditions

2) African music traditions

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songs of the 1850’s had 2 distinct qualities

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  • very popular

- sound home grown

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3 important improvements in piano design
1) Babcock developed single piece iron from for an upright piano 2) Chickering applied cast iron frame to a grand piano 3) Steinway combined iron from with over strung bass strings
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what instrument did most people learn to play
piano
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most people learned songs from
sheet music which was the primary means of distributing popular songs well into 20th century
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Stephen foster
most important song written in 19th century popular music
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parlor songs and example
- are intended primarily of home use | - "gene with he light brown hair"
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strophic form
when same melody serves several stanzas of text
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minstrel show
-marked beginning of American pop music -first show took place in Boston in 1843 -city slicker and country bumpkin stereotypes -
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the Minstrel show grew into what 3 parts
1) featured pop song ("debotmans Dance") 2) olio(variety portion) 3) the walk around-finale
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The positive contributions to the minstrel show
- entertainment for the masses - made use of everyday speech/music - developed our of synthesis of classical and folk music - energetic, often danceable music
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how a minstrel show was preformed at home
'oh Suzanna' on piano
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Plantation song
- Stephen fosters most significant creation - drew on both parlor and minstrel song styles - 1st imported instance in America of a new pop style being created by mixing 2 existing pop styles - "old folks at home"
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when was the birth of popular music and the popular music industry
pop music born: two decades before the civil war | pop music industry born: three decades after civil war
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the song "grandfathers clock" anticipates the emphasis on what
the chorus
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tinpan alley
- group of music publishers in New York that sold only popular songs - NYC became home to both popular stage entertainment and popular music publishing
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"after the ball"
- first tinpan alley hit - it was written by Charles Harris - a waltz (three beats a measure in a waltz)
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what was the most popular dance rhythm around 1900
waltz
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after the civil war African Americans had many new opportunities. Including:
1) jubilee Choir | 2) minstrel show
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delineator
authentic portrayal of plantation life
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James bland
- first African American songwriter to achieve commercial success - ex: "golden wedding"
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gussy davis
first African American songwriter in achieve success on tinpan alley
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5 types of star entertainment
1) minstrel show 2) Vaudeville 3) American musical comedy 4) European operetta 5) Revue
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vaudeville
- variety show - most popular form live entertainment around the turn of the century - major preforming outlet for popular song
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American musical comedy
- "the black crook" in 1866 marked beginning go American musical comedy - plot was normally about 'here and now' situations
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European operetta
plots were ling ago and far away
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Revue
- began to replace minstrel show | - Ziegfeld follows made fun of upper class
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interpolate
to insert a song without regard for the plot
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2 American music comedy people
Harrigain and Hart
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2 European operetta people
Gilbert and Sullivan
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George M. Cohan and 3 characteristics about him
- "Yankee Doodle boy" 1) emphasis on the chorus 2) patriotic quotations 3) march rhythms
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professional concert band
- was the most popular instrumental ensemble in late 19th century America - almost every city in town had a municipal band
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Gilmore Concert band
- before 1890 | - raised level of musicianship in US
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Sousa Concert band
- after 1890 - by john Phillip Sousa who was the most prominent band leader/ composer of his era - nicknamed the "march king"
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standard concert band instrumentation
- brass - woodwind - percussion
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John Phillip Sousa wrote what song
"stars and stripes forever"

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