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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in
the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has
been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music.
Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms
and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. Late 19 th century,
New Orleans, U.S.
Blues
The blues has a distinct melancholic and somber tone, which is achieved through vocal techniques such
as melisma, rhythmic techniques such as syncopation, and instrumental techniques such as “choking”
guitar strings on the neck or applying a metal slide to the guitar strings to create a whining voicelike
sound.
Soul
Soul music is characterised by: gospel influence – intense vocals, call and response. An emphasis on the
rhythm section. Large horn sections (trumpets, saxophones and trombones).
James brown
Brown’s uncanny ability to “scream” on key, to sing soulful slow ballads as well as electrifying up-tempo
tunes, to plumb the rhythmic possibilities of the human voice and instrumental accompaniment, and to
blend blues, gospel, jazz, and country vocal styles together made him one of the most influential
vocalists of the 20th century.
Soul music is characterised by: gospel influence – intense vocals, call and response. An emphasis on the
rhythm section. Large horn sections (trumpets, saxophones and trombones)
Spiritual
Spirituals could either be slow and melodic, or fast and rhythmic.it used for religious ceremonies
Blues- example of song of walter trout rntitle “we all in this together*x
Rhytmic: A rhythmic movement or sound is repeated at regular intervals, forming a regular pattern or
beat. (repeatitive pattern like a
Polyrhythm | music
Polyrhythm, also called Cross-rhythm, the simultaneous combination of contrasting rhythms in a musical
composition.
(brazil) Axé (Portuguese pronunciation: [aˈʃɛ]) is a popular music genre originated in Salvador, Bahia,
Brazil in the 1980s, fusing different Afro-Caribbean genres, such as marcha, reggae, and calypso.
(Bob Marley )was a Jamaican singer-songwriter whose distillation of early ska, rock steady, and reggae
(musical formsblossomed in the 1970s into an electrifying rock-influenced hybrid that made him an
international superstar.Oct 18, 2022
Salsa. This is a style of dance music popularized in New York City during the 1960s by Cuban and Puerto
Rican musicians. The base of salsa is Cuban son, a style of music that combines Spanish popular songs
with Afro-Cuban percussion
Maracuto instruments: alfaia drum – tarol – miniero or ganza – caixa -agbe sakere-gongue
Brown james -He transmuted gospel into secular music centered in the emotional conduit of the soul
singer
Jamesetta Hawkins, known professionally as Etta James, was an American singer who performed in
various genres, including gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, rock and roll, and soul.
1. Membranophones – this have the sound of the the vibration of a tightly stretched membrane.
2. Chordophones – the sound of this type is produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are
stretched between two points.
3. Aerophones – the sound is produced by vibrating air.
4. Idiophones – this have sounds that are produced by the body of the instrument vibrating, rather
than a string, membrane, or column of air.
5. Percussion.
Afrobeat – created by Fela Kuti, it is a fusion of traditional Nigerian music, jazz and highlife.
Popular music is a generic term for a wide variety of genres of music that appeal to the tastes of a large
segment of the population example pop music that are made on the modern era or latest era