National 4 Music – 20th Century Music
National 4 Concepts
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Ragtime
Swing
Syncopation
Scat Singing
Ragtime
• A style of dance music which became popular
at the end of the 19th century and which
helped to influence jazz.
• It features a strongly syncopated melody
(meaning the notes don’t always fall on the
beat) against a steady, simple accompaniment
played as a vamp, often played on piano, eg
Scott Joplin rags.
The Entertainer (1902)
Maple Leaf Rag
Ragtime
Vamp. Note-Chord, Note-Chord, Note-Chord, etc
Vamp
• Note-chord-note-chord in left hand.
• A rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note
played on the beat and a chord off the beat.
Usually played on piano or guitar
The Elephant Take Five
The Entertainer
Syncopation
• Strongly accented notes playing off or against the beat.
Syncopation occurs in all kinds of music.
• In the first example (see notation), the notes are played at
the same time as each beat.
• In the second example (see notation), most of the notes fall
in between the beats, and this creates syncopation
Swing
• A jazz style which started in the 1930s and was
performed by a big band. The numbers and types
of instruments in the big bands increased during
this period, through the influence of swing.
• Glenn Miller was one of the leading figures in
swing music.
Count Bassie
Benny Goodman
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Woody Herman
Glenn Miller
Scat Singing
• Style of singing where the voice tries to
imitate an instrument using nonsense words
and other sounds.
• Doo-ba-bee-bop-ba-woaw-woaw-woaw…
• Nonsense words, syllables and sounds are
improvised (made up) by the singer.
Sometimes the singer is imitating the sounds
of instruments. Used mainly in jazz singing.
One note samba
Sesame Street
SCATMAN!!!
National 4 20th Century Music Quiz