At 1:151:20 two of the dancers were dancing together at the same time with their arms and legs. This syncopation of the performers was lovely to watch because it was such a simple phrase a movement but the synchronization added an element of beauty. The dancers use their bodies in a flowy way that contributes to the loose and free spirited feel of the piece
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4/4 to a bar of ¾ then back to 4/4 is used to signal the start of new sections (eg. Bar 95) * The introduction is free tempo‚ and a steady pulse is maintained throughout the whole piece. RHYTHM * Within vocal and balafon parts‚ syncopation is frequently used (for example in bar 34 during the balafon break where every bar is syncopated) * Cross rhythms are created in bar 66 during the vocal solo as the balafon plays semi quavers in groups of 3 (cross phrases) against quavers
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always based on chant‚ what were they based on instead? 22. By the 14th century a new system of music notation had evolved. It allowed a composer to specify almost any rhythmic pattern. Were beats now divided into two or three parts or both? Was syncopation used? Renaissance Dates: 1. What was going historically during this era? What was life like? 2. What is humanism? 3. What effect did the printing press have on music? 4. Was every educated person expected to be trained in
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PERF. TECHNIQUES VOCALS: Falsetto Vibrato Strained sound LEAD GUITAR: Pizzicato (also used by synth strings and bass guitar) Strumming Hammer ons/pull offs Slides Scoops on the tremolo arm (whammy) Vibrato RHYTHM The piece in 12/8 Syncopation is frequent in vocal melody and bass line Cross rhythms through two against three rhythms (quavers against dotted quavers) Dotted rhythms (Bass guitar in bar 4) Bass drum beats on 1+3 Snare accents on beats 2+4 Cross rhythms
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THE JAZZ AGE DEFINITION The period that in the U.S. extended roughly from the Armistice of 1918 to the stock-market crash of 1929 and was notable for increased prosperity‚ liberated or hedonistic social behavior‚ Prohibition and the concomitant rise in production and consumption of bootleg liquor‚ and the development and dissemination of jazz and ragtime and associated ballroom dances JAZZ DEFINITION Jazz is a musical tradition and style of music that originated at the beginning
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Artistic Genre 1: Tap Tap is an artistic form of dance performed today‚ it includes a metal plate on the toe and heel of the shoe which makes tapping sounds. Tap has two historical links in Ireland and Africa. They were brought over to the United States through immigration and slavery. In mid 19th Century‚ Irish would ‘blackface’ and perform imitations of slaves as a form of comedy‚ mimicking shuffling and chugging movements. They started performing on stages which started the origin of tap. Tap
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crescendos and decrescendos and tied notes. There were no obvious melodies to the second river as well. The transition between the two rivers was very quiet‚ the dynamics sounded like they were piano and pianissimo. Throughout the whole piece‚ syncopation was provided by a mixture of the snare‚ bass‚ and timpani drums along with the tubular bells. The second piece played‚ ”Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1‚ in C Major”
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Brown Hair‚” c. Stephen Foster (1854) – parlor song o AABA form (B= new melody)‚ piano & voice • “Maple Leaf Rag‚” Scott Joplin (1898) - ragtime o musically complicated‚ bass with left hand (steady rhythm w/ beat)‚ right hand plays off beat (syncopation)‚ formal sections • “Come Fly With Me‚” Frank Sinatra (1958); Michael Bublé (2003) – crooners o Smooth‚ deep‚ voice‚ sentimentality • “Keep on the Sunny Side‚” The Carter Family (1927) - hillbilly o guitar style‚ first chorus form (has verse
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Blues‚ work songs‚ ragtime‚ spirituals‚ and minstrel songs were‚ in their own ways‚ all part of the great "Africanization of American music" that was originated by enslaved Africans in the southern United States. But the greatest of the musical forms developed in this process was jazz--one of the major American contributions to world culture. Each of these forms of music made essential contributions to the development of jazz itself but each‚ more or less‚ retained its own integrity and none could
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(Orwell‚ 2009‚ para. 1-3). Other types of rhythms that is included is the Spanish Decima. In other words‚ it is a song that “consists of 10 lines‚ each with eight syllables‚” and this is the most traditional characteristic (Orwell‚ 2009‚ para. 4). Syncopation is also majorly used in Latin-American music and it involves weak rhythmic beats and are accented instead of strong beats. Also‚ for African related music‚ call and response is a characteristic that has been transferred over to the Latin-American
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