with glittering white snow and colorful wrapped gifts. Dianne sung it very similar to the original song but she added this unique singing technique called scat as Roseanna defines‚” Scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless syllables‚ combining improvised melodies‚ motifs and rhythmic patterns using the voice as an instrument…” ( An Introduction to Scat Singing). It was a very interesting how these “wordless syllables” added this unique flavor to the song that is hard to describe but overall
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American jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald was the “first lady” of singing‚ swing‚ bebop‚ and ballads. Her career spanned over sixty years‚ she sold millions of records‚ and won multiple Grammy awards. She known all over the world. Ella Fitzgerald greatly impacted the way jazz music is today through her use of scatting and her perfect voice. Ella Fitzgerald did not become the “first lady” of these things overnight. She had to go through hardships in order to get to that point. Ella Fitzgerald was born
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“Bebop”‚ or “Bop”‚ is a form of Jazz that began to circulate during the 1940’s and is widely recognised as a fast tempo‚ highly improvised derivation of Swing Jazz of the 1930’s. The term “Bebop” itself is derived from the scat singing used within the aforementioned genre as “Bebop” and “Rebop” were common and‚ occasionally‚ interchanged phrases within the music. It hasn’t influenced many genres out with Jazz (“West Coast Jazz”‚ “Modal Jazz” and “Cool Jazz” all being seen as developed from the styles
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Assessment 5 There are many major developments that one can consider when discussing the influence that contemporary classical music‚ particularly the language of chromaticism‚ pan-tonality‚ atonality and serialism have had on the impact of Jazz. In this piece I intend to focus on developments in modern and post-modern culture that have seen contemporary classical music flourish into a proliferation of new styles and sounds. To help explain this I will give a brief history as well as use examples
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in 1926 he used scat signing for the first time on a record. He supposedly dropped the music sheet and instead of stopping the song midway‚ he improvised and chose to continue signing without actual words. He had done this before during instrumental breaks but never before on a record. He combined sounds of consonants and vowels with a skill‚ rhythm and phrasing that was able to convey a particular mood in the musical sequence. It was a new means to produce a musical sentence. Scat signing became
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eventually sent to a reform school‚ but ran away at the age of fifteen and was homeless for a while. She found work wherever she could‚ but it was a struggle. Looking back on those days‚ she chose to use the memories as inspiration to bring emotion to her singing. Growing up‚ Fitzgerald was a fan of jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby‚ but she had always dreamed of being a dancer. In 1934‚ the Apollo Theater in Harlem had an amateur night. Fitzgerald was planning on dancing‚ until she
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marks. She joined the school glee‚ and people adored her singing abilities. Her childhood days were a grand success. In 1932‚ Ella’s mother faced a serious health problem and had a heart attack. Disparaged‚ Ella sought to leave da Silva‚ her foster father‚ to move in with her aunt. Under the emotional breakdown‚ she decided to withdraw from school and made up her mind to explore show business. She entered Apollo theatre to contest in singing whereby she won numerous awards (Uchello and Barr 39).
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Midterm Study Aid Mul 2380 Instructor: * Two things necessary in any definition of jazz: a.)Improvisation – to compose and perform music at the same time. (Making up as you go along). b.)Swing Feeling-(rolling) steady beat‚ walking baseline‚ constant tempo. Syncopation. Calls for a lilting feeling. (groove). * Four items that helps music swing: a.) steady beat‚ b.) walking baseline‚ c.) constant tempo‚ d.) syncopation (Up and down feeling). Syncopating- accenting just before
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was capable of singing in many different styles of music. Ella Fitzgerald was able to sing pop‚ jazz‚ bossa nova‚ blues‚ and even opera. However‚ with the legacy she left behind‚ many knew she favored Jazz. She also was a master of mimicking vocalists and instrumentalists alike with her musical ability coming at ease. Ella was greatly influenced by the music stylings of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie‚ called be-bop. She later would use it in her songs in a be-bop method called scat. She first started
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Bobby McFerrin is an American jazz vocalist and conductor who is known for his tremendous vocal control and improvisational ability. He is a diverse musical artist who has won numerous awards for his performances and compositions. ‘The Power of the Pentatonic Scale” and “Bobby McFerrin Improvises A Cappella Song Three of Three” are two videos that explore the cultural meaning and human significance of the music tied to Bobby McFerrin. In Bobby McFerrin’s video‚ “The Power of the Pentatonic Scale”
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