The History of Jazz Part 1
- Created by: Olivia Grace Matthews
- Created on: 19-05-15 11:14
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- The History of Jazz
- Ragtime (1900-1917)
- 16 sections repeated (2 bar question and answer phrases
- Melody heavily syncopated
- Magnetic Rag(1914)
- Often chromatic
- Single line/octave melodies
- Piano music - right hand melody, very percussive
- C Section is in the sub dom
- Oom-pah right hand - not syncopated
- AABBCCDD Form
- Composed no improve.
- Intro melody often in octaves
- Primary chords I, IV, V with 7ths
- Blues (1910-1920)
- Blues notes - flattened 3rd, 7th, 5th. Used to emphasise meaning
- Some based on pentatonic scale
- 12 bar blues - WC Handy. Standardise
- Chord progression for improve. over syncopation. Pitch bends
- Clarinet, Trumpet, tombone, vocalist, banjo, piano, percussion
- St Louis Blues - Composed 1914. Recorded 1925
- Bessie Smith - Portamento
- Blues notes - flattened 3rd, 7th, 5th. Used to emphasise meaning
- New Orleans (1917-1925)
- Blues notes stay
- Syncopation. More melodic in Trumpet
- Polyphonic
- Syncopation. More melodic in Trumpet
- Trumpet and clarinet melodies interweave
- 12 Bar blues - improv over top
- Trumpet=less complex. Tailgate
- High register clarinet
- Simple rhythm section. Tuba, banjo, piano
- High register clarinet
- Stop time chords
- Dippermouth Blues(1923)
- Sidewalk Blues(1926)
- Livery Stable Blues(1917)
- Blues notes stay
- Chicago (1923 - 1930)
- Played in Brothels, clubs etc
- Chalameau clarinet
- Emphasis on soloist
- Like New Orleans Jazz not group Polyphony
- Ragtime (1900-1917)
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