Part One: Before the Trip Begins: Fundamental Issues (textbook) pg 1 – 15 Answer these questions below 1. What do ethnomusicologists mean when they say, “Music is universal, but it is not a universal language”? They say this because of many reasons. One reason being that many people have attempted to analyze music in terms of linguistics but it tends to be in a completely different realm. A second reason is that music is not usually known to cross cultural languages therefore it could not
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Jazz is an art form that originated and developed in America. Even though Jazz was created using the musical instincts of the African and European traditions, it reflects the American life. Over the years Jazz music has played a key role by reflecting an American’s right to personal freedom of expression. For instance, “Jazz has been called the purest expression of American democracy; a music built on individualism and compromise, independence and cooperation [1].” It has had a major influence on
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20th Century, popular culture has seen the evolution of music into distinctive sounds supported by tunes generated by musical instruments like guitars, violins, fiddles, keyboards, and xylophones to mention but a few. Dating back to the invention of jazz in the Roaring Twenties, this sound has developed over the years into Early Creole music, and later Creole zydeco. In our generation, some of the most talented bands that play this kind of music include the unsung heroes Jeffrey Broussard and the Creole
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Strange Fruit Vocals by Cassandra Wilson The version of the song “Strange Fruit,” by Cassandra Wilson is a piece of music that consists of 4 verses. I have broken these down into Verse A, Verse B. Verse A, and Verse A’. Cassandra’s voice is most certainly the melody of this version of Strange Fruit and is used in all 4 verses. The rhythm of this piece is a 4. The song opens in a high pitch “tinkling” piano, soft flute (that reminds me of the wind bowing) a soft distant sound of an electric guitar
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specializes in reggae, indie, Latin, world, blue and jazz. The music shop is located in the city, which is a major retail/ commercial area. It will focus and concentrate on the different types of genres and artists in the music industry to become a rapidly growing trend in the market. Though the location is perfect, it is more important to understand what the customers want from a CD shop. Period if sales: MONTH | REGGAE | WORLD | INDIE | LATIN | BLUES | JAZZ | January | 23 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 29 | 6 | February
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Ragtime for Rock Throughout its history, Rock and Roll has been influenced and molded by many different artists and genres. A more prominent catalyst for the evolution of rock would be Ragtime. One of the earliest forms of jazz, ragtime was characterized by its syncopated and “ragged” rhythms, and blazed the path for almost every modern day music genre. Ragtime was a variation of the then popular type of music, march. Even before the 1900’s, this was a popular dance music of red-light districts
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Born in the late 1860s in Texarkana, on the border between Texas and Arkansas, Scott Joplin took up the piano as a child and eventually became a travelling musician as a teen. He immersed himself in the emerging musical form known as ragtime and became the genre’s foremost composer with tunes like "The Entertainer," "Solace" and "The Maple Leaf Rag," which is the biggest-selling ragtime song in history. Joplin also penned the operas Guest of Honor and Treemonisha. He died in New York City on April
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Analysis of Music Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation One of the advantages of breaking rules and exploring beyond is that one comes out with something that has never been experienced before. For this reason, Beethoven and The Beatles established themselves in the music industry because they created a norm that every new artiste followed. Composers that followed them always tried to be like them. On the other hand, there is a cost in breaking the existing musical rules. People
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Rock en Español Coming from a traditional Mexican-raised family, I was raised listening to Latin music. The music I typically listened to was Tejano, Norteño Music, Mariachis, and Cumbias. Although I listened to Latin music most of my childhood and teen life, one of the many Latin music genres I learned to admire in my early adulthood is Rock en Español, also known as Latin Rock or Spanish Rock. In learning about the different genres and how they evolved in the United States and other countries
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CHET BAKER BY: SAEED ALMESAFRI Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an outstanding American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and a vocalist who gained fame during the early fifties. Though he was a talented performer, his talent and life was destroyed by the evil of drugs. Chet Baker was born on December 23, 1929 on a farm on the outskirts of Yale, Oklahoma. Later, shifted to Los Angeles with his parents at the age of 10. Baker, who was privileged with a musical family background enters the
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