2nd Group Project, MUS 227

Tammy Mulske

Mandy CappAslaug Hestø

Danelle Dvorak

Adrianne Sletto

RepertoriesAFRICAAFRICA

Ritual music

Work songs

e.g. Postal Workers.

African American

Work Songs

EUROPEEUROPEParlor music

Victorian - 19th Century

Minstrel Shows

Europeans imitating Africans

Band Music

Am

erican M

usical

Sacred music Gospel/ Spirituals Ragtime R & B Blues Soul

Pop Music

Crooners

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Big Band Swing

Dixieland

Jazz Art MusicBluegrass

Country & WesternRock & Roll

Boogie WoogieRockabilly

Cro ssove rs &

Co ver s

African influence on a predom

inantly E

uropean Style

MOTOWN

Elements of musicAfrican influence in American

Popular music:Participatory - Gospel, Rock & Roll etc.

Syncopated rhythms, polyrhythms- Ragtime,Blues, Jazz etc.

Extended chords - Jazz, Blues, MotownMetrical “give and take”Gospel, Blues, Jazz etc.

Simple melodies- Bluegrass, Soul, Rock & Roll, Motown

Sing-Speak - Blues, Jazz, Rock & Roll, American Musical

Expressive body language- Gospel, Blues, Jazz, R & B, Rock & Roll, American Musical

Communicate a message- Gospel,Rock & Roll, Blues, R & B, American Musical

Instrumentation- New, exotic percussive instrumentsApprenticeship and/or oral learning- gospel, blues, jazz, pop

European Influence on American Popular Music:Use of Traditional Harmonic ProgressionScales and choice of scalesUse of Classical FormsInstrumentationFashion choice/ Music as a formal occasion-

not jazz and blues really, but for the rest…..Formal trainingNotation