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What is a traditional ballad?
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BALLAD= a type of songs in which a series of verses tell a story often about a historical event or personal tradegy to a repeating melodyIt often uses a solo voice
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THe four marys by Texas Gladen?
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Traditional ballad in 1941; strophic
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What is strophic?
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Each verse has same melody
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Who was Stephen Foster when did he live and what was a famous song that he wrote? What structure?
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Composed songs 1840-1860s, was first important composer wrote Jeanie with the light Brown hairAABA
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What is minstrelsy? Who were the big performers? What is zip coon? What is JIm Crow and what is Zip coon?
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Dixon and Rice were famous blackface performersZip Coon= caricature of city slave or urban black male JIm Crow= caricature of plantation slave
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Who was Charles Harris?
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Wrote "after the ball" which is a waltz 1890
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What is the difference between a strophic song form/ verse chorus song form?
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STROPHIC= verse 1 verse 2 verse 3 verse 4 etcVERSE CHORUS= Verse 1 Chorus Verse 2 Chorus Ie "after the ball"
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What is beat/tempo/meter(double and triple)?
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BEAT= regurarly occuring pulseTEMPO= speed; usually of beatMETER= organization of beats usually into units; duple meter is groups of three beats and triple meter is groups of 3 beats
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What is syncopation/ragging/accent/offbeat?
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RAGGING= varying a piece by syncopationACCENT= making a note stand outOFFBEAT= emphasizing a weak pat of the main beatSYNCOPATION= Accenting/stressing what is ordinarily the weak parts of the beat
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What is ragtime?
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Popular from 1890-1910s is usually syncopated and in duple meter
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What is tin pan alley? Who were the big names from Tin Pan Alley? When was it?
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Office stretch in NY with lots of JewsBig names= Irvin Berlin and George GershwinRefrain is thought of as main part of song and is often repeated IE april showers and my blue heavenEmerged around 1880s; golden age 1920 to 1930
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What is crooning? Who were the big time crooners?
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Smooth and personal style IE my blue heaven and how deep is the ocean
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What is timbre and dynamics?
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Timbre= sound qualityDynamics= volume
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What is belting? Who are the famous belters?
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Dramatic shifts in dynamics and loud big sounds Al Jolhston in April showersMerman in I got rhythm
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When was the microphone popularized and what was its effects? What about films?
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Exploits different styles which are more personalReinforces stardomSong through movies (ie Al Jolhston1910 was the first disk dominant stuff
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