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Prepare for Quiz/Test #1 one week from today on February 4th (Thursday) covering Chapter 1 & Terminology. Themes: Listening Critically, Music & Identity, Music & Technology, and Music Business Centers & Peripheries. Learn about music traditions, Appalachian folk music, African musical traits, work songs, Afro-Cuban music, and more. Study materials available on the course website.

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  1. Friendly Warning Quiz/Test # 1 – one week from today4 February (THURSDAY)covers Chapter 1 & Terminology(Review Sheets now on Course Website)

  2. Five “Themes” Listening Critically (terminology) Music and Identity Music and Technology Music is a Business Music has “Centers” and “Peripheries” (places)

  3. Music Centers & Peripheries • “Centers” – money, power and control- NYC, LA, Nashville (?!)- aims at the mass (= urban, white) market • “Peripheries” – the edges- physically remote- lacking in power or influence- stylistically unique or “different” (often) • Peripheries influence and change Centers

  4. Streams of Traditions • Three main sources of American Pop Music • European- chiefly white (Anglo) Northern Europe- British Isles (Scotch, Welsh, Irish, etc.) • African- chiefly from West Central Africa- imported slaves (mostly) to Southern regions • Latin America- Caribbean, Mexican, Brazil, etc.- often mixes African w/ indigenous elements

  5. “Barbary Allen” • Folk Music • Appalachian region(from Anglo-Irish) • “Ballad” tradition(tells a story) • Child Ballad # 84 • Strophic form • “a cappella” performance • Jean Ritchie--Barbry Allen – YouTube[Textbook, p. 21-3] Jean Ritchie (b. 1922; d. 2015); Kentucky native

  6. “Soldier’s Joy” • “Old Time Music” • String-band tradition • Used for dancing • 1st “Hillbilly” recordings • Ex. Gid Tanner And His Skillet Lickers-Soldier's Joy[Textbook, p. 23-5] • Revived as “folk music” • Tommy Jarrell - Soldiers Joy – YouTube [Textbook, p. 25] “Gid” Tanner and Skillet Lickers Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985)

  7. African Musical Traits • Emphasis on Rhythm • Use of Percussion • Interlocking Parts(Dense texture) • Ostinato • Improvisation • Call & Response • Gahu Ghanaian/Ewe dance/drum – YouTube • African Ghana Drum Music – YouTube • African Drumming - dancedrummer.com - African Music

  8. “Coo Coo” • African-American • Influence of African polyrhythms • Banjo (from Akonting”) • Improvisation • The Coo Coo (Coo Coo Bird) • Dink Roberts: Fox Chase / Old Rattler (1983) – YouTube “Dink” Roberts (1894-1984)

  9. “Long John” • “Work Song”- pass the time- coordinate action • Southern Plantations • “Chain Gangs” • “Call and Response” • "Lightnin" Washington- Long John – YouTube[Textbook, p. 32] • WORK SONG / LIGHTNING - LONG JOHN - YouTube

  10. “Stagolee” • Af-Am Ballad tradition • Reconstruction era- Sharecropping- “Jim Crow” laws • Mythic character (“Stagolee,” etc.) • Polyrhythmic guitar • Stackolee Mississippi John Hurt – YouTube[Textbook, p. 33-4] “Mississippi” John Hurt (1892-1966)

  11. “Latin America” • South of United States • Colonized by Europe- Spain- France- Portugal • Mixtures of - Indigenous- European- African (sometimes)

  12. “La Cumparsita” • Tango (dance from slums) • Argentina (chiefly, but also….) • “Habanera” rhythms • Arrastre (“drag”) • Examples [textbook, p. 37-8]- Carlos Gardel - La Cumparsita - Tango – YouTube (1928 rec.)- La Cumparsita - Francisco Canaro y su orquesta ( G. Matos Rodriguez ) – YouTube (instrumental version) • Dance Examples- Basic Tango Demo (Music) by Mirko & Alessia – YouTube- Roberto and Jacklyn's Sexy Tango - YouTube Carlos Gardel (1890-1935)

  13. “Enigue Nigue” • Afro-Cuban- based in drum ensembles- docks of Matanzas (Cuba) • Rumba (competitive dance) • Guaguanco- “Rooster and Hen” - “vacunao” • Examples - Rumba Street Party 2 with Clave y Guaguanco by AfroRomanzo – YouTube- Rumba Guaguancó - "El Solar de los 6" - Cultura de Cuba - viaDanza Tanzreisen – YouTube • Textbook ex., p. 39-41(on your own) This Slide Not Covered in Class. Will be covered on 2 Feb 16

  14. “La Negra” • Mariachi- entertainment- marriage, social events • Guadalajara, Jalisco(western) Mexico • Small string bands • Professionalization (1930s)- move to urban centers- add trumpets, others • ExampleMariachi Vargas deTecalitlan Son de La Negra[Textbook, p. 42-3] This Slide Not Covered in Class. Will be covered on 2 Feb 16

  15. TEST # 1 Materials END Here Anything on following slides belongs to Test # 2 or later.

  16. Friendly Warning Quiz/Test # 1 – one week from today4 February (THURSDAY)covers Chapter 1 & Terminology(Review Sheets now on Course Website)

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