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Music in the 1920’s

Music in the 1920’s. Richard Martinez. Jazz/Big Band. Jazz was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. Mainstream 1920s—1970s.

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Music in the 1920’s

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  1. Music in the 1920’s Richard Martinez

  2. Jazz/Big Band • Jazz was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. • Mainstream 1920s—1970s. • Heads – the composed part of the jazz performance. The head contains the melody and the chord changes of a piece, and in most cases, the soloist improvises while adhering to the structure of the head.

  3. Harlem Renaissance • Cultural movement • Known as “New Negro Movement”, named after 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. • The Harlem Renaissance is unofficially recognized to have spanned form about 1919 until the early or mid 1930s. • The zenith of this “flowering of Negro literature”. As James Weldon Johnson preferred to call the Harlem Renaissance, was placed between 1924 and 1929.

  4. Dancing • One of the greatest contributions African Americans have made to the world is the exceptional quality of their music, especially the highly skilled art of jazz. • While the ancestors of today’s African Americans were living in Africa, music was a vital part of their culture. • Ancient African religion heavily emphasized improvisation of lyrics, call-and-response patterns, rhythmic complexity, and vocal styles that included great freedom of vocal color in their songs. • When these native African were brought as slaves to North America, they brought music with them. • This music provided the slaves with ameans of effectively packing their work in addition to psychological relief from the degradation of slavery.

  5. Types of Music IN 1920’S • Winter Guard/Indoor Color Guard • Battery/Drumline/Indoor Percussion • Marching/Drum Corps. • Jazz/Classic • Blues • Swing • Classic • Orchestral • Bee Bop • Jump Blues • Rhythm and Blues • Ska • Funk/Nasty Funk • Dixieland • Hot Jazz • Chicago Style • Folk Blues • Boogie Blues

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