PPT-Blue Notes 12 Bar Blues Slavery

Blues music started in the southern slave areas of America Slaves sang work songs and spirituals that expressed their fears hopes and dreams hence feeling blue The music spread to the . The Four Seasons. Italian-American vocal group from Newark, NJ (Frankie Vali leader singer). Series of n° hits in early 60s: Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Rag Doll. Aftershocks: have sold 175 m records worldwide! . “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”. What are the . . ?. What are the Blues?. The Blues is a musical genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, and shouts and chants.. History of Rock & Roll . Chpt. . 12. The Vietnam War . Vietnam Protest. The Psychedelic Blues . The music of the oppressed race . Made popular by College kids . Jimi. Hendrix. Part Cherokee . From a broken home in Seattle . AOS 3: POPULAR MUSIC CONTEXT. LESSON 1. KEY FACTS. : LEARN THESE FOR HOMEWORK. COMPOSER: MILES DAVIS. YEAR: 1959. STYLE / GENRE: MODAL JAZZ. COUNTRY: USA. INSTRUMENTS: TRUMPET, ALTO SAX, TENOR SAX, PIANO, DOUBLE BASS, DRUMS. African American vocal music. Slaves not permitted to bring instruments. Drumming. specifically forbidden. Playing of European instruments permitted. Musicians also served as tribal historians and social commentators. History of Rock & Roll . Chpt. . 12. The Vietnam War . Vietnam Protest. The Psychedelic Blues . The music of the oppressed race . Made popular by College kids . Jimi. Hendrix. Part Cherokee . From a broken home in Seattle . The Early 20. th. Century (Up to 1950). 1900 - 1950. Music Technology. Today we are able to download and listen to music instantly, continuing to enjoy it on the move with phones and iPods. The music sounds “Modern” and is produced to a high standard, using a great deal of technology and electronic sounds and effects etc.. Engelbert 2015. To think about…. Last class we examined multimedia sources about how slavery became the norm in America. It was illegal for slaves to learn to read and write, so they turned. . to. 1957. 1966. 1971. Blues Timeline. African-American slave trade brings workers to Southern . states (Mississippi) . in America, forced to work on plantations. Work songs are sung to pass the time and poor working . - Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass. “I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death.” . King of Ragtime. Born in Texas – moved to St. Louis. Maple Leaf Rag. The Entertainer. A Guest of Honor: Lost first opera. Opera: . Treemonisha. (not staged until 70’s). Died . of syphilis. Maple Leaf Rag. Write out the three notes in . your 1. st. chord . For a chord of . C . Start on . C. Then choose every other note until you have . three. Sequence these as whole-notes into Cubase (1 bar long) . See next slide for a larger image. www.americanradiohistory.com WOW workshop with . Jag Dawadi, MS, MAC, LPC-S. And . Kim Thornsberry, MS, LPC, CRC . Quick POLL. What are summer blues?. Summer seasonal affective disorder also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). .