Uploaded by John Juan

World Music

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8-30-23
Rosie (work song)
quadruple meter 4 meter
call and response
axe on 1st beat of each measure
call: "Be my woman, gal__ I'll.." response: "be your man"
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The Blues
lyrics: common 3-line verse format
12-bar verse form (A = 4 measures A = 4 B = 4)
eg Poor Boy Blues (Lazy Bill Lucas) (A = 2 sung + 2 guitar) (Delta Shuffle da dun da dun)
quantrain-refrain - first A replaced with quatrain
quatrain: a b c b refrain: A B eg "She Got Me Walkin' - Lazy Bill Lucas
parallelism
idea restated in different words
themes
love, relationships "mistreament"
hardships
poetic devices
imagery, metaphors, allusions, symbolism
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song: She Got Me Walking 1st stanza: A 2+2 A 2+2 B 2+2
abcdAB (lowercase quatrain-refrain form)
Jerry Lee Lewis - white, snuck into bars
One String Sam - Diddley bow
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blues -> jazz wwII -> r&b / rock n' roll -> soul 1960s -> blues revival by white college students (civil rights), anti-vietnam surge in folk musc to protest the "man", retired 70s-80s blues players concerts in colleges, British invasion (Beatles rock band from 50s style- modeled Buddy Holly, mop-top haircuts)
-> rolling stones modeled after blues, but considered rock, rebels with no uniforms
-> eric clapton (cream, the yardbirds)
-> jimi hendrix "great" because died young
-> stevie ray vaughn
-> slash (GnR)
ice houses -> honky tonk
music before wwII - dancing swing like parents
after wwII - marketed to teenagers (disposable income),
r&b - marketed to black teenagers
rock n roll - marketed to white teenagers
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