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American Music
Rock and Roll
Objectives
List
List the instruments in a typical rock band.
Define
Define riff and backbeat.
Identify
Identify the characteristics of New Orleans dance bands, rockabilly, and Chicago rhythm and blues.
Describe
Describe the musical innovations of the Beatles.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Who Rocks Your World?
Write a paragraph stating who you would like to see inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You may choose an artist from any era, and it can be someone who has already been inducted. Include a description of the performer and his/her music and at least one reason why he/she should be inducted.
What Is Rock Music?
Merger of two styles
Rhythm and blues
Country music
Elements of Rock Music
Elements
Sound: Timbre
Rhythm section
Electric guitar
Electric bass
Drums
Additional/Alternative Instruments
Keyboard
Acoustic guitar
Harmony and melody
3 chords (I, IV, V)
Riff = short, memorable musical idea usually played on guitar
Name That Riff!
Riffs
Dust My Broom = Elmore James
Pretty Woman = Roy Orbison
Walk This Way = Aerosmith
Smoke on the Water = Deep Purple
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction = Rolling Stones
Beat It = Michael Jackson
You Really Got Me = The Kinks
Day Tripper = The Beatles
Johnny B. Goode = Chuck Berry
Smells Like Teen Spirit = Nirvana
Rhythm
Boogie-woogie rhythm
Straight or shuffled
Backbeat : accent on beats 2 and 4
The World Before Rock & Roll
Before 1955
Emergence of Large-Scale Media
Radio (1920s)
Motion pictures (1930s and 40s) = golden age
Television (late 1940s)
National Network Programming
Tin Pan Alley
Sheet music publishing industry
Irving Berlin
Cole Porter
George & Ira Gershwin
Roots of Rock and Roll
1st Rock and Roll Recording
Rock Around the Clock (1954)
Featured in film The Blackboard Jungle (1955)
New English teacher at inner-city school
Nominated for 4 Academy Awards
Bill Haley and the Comets
Unlikely rock and roll star = age & image
New Orleans Dance Bands
Characteristics
Swinging shuffle beat
Piano- and horn-driven style
Cheerful good-naturedness
Fats Domino: Blue Monday (1954)
Rockabilly = Blues + Hillbilly
Sun Studios, Memphis
Sam Phillips
Elvis Presley
That’s Alright (1954)
Carl Perkins
Jerry Lee Lewis
Buddy Holly
Chicago Rhythm and Blues
Blues chord changes with insistent backbeat
Chess Records (1950)
Polish-born brothers Leonard and Philip
Influenced Motown and Berry Gordy
Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode (1958)
Backlash…
Older generation doesn’t like influence of rock and rollers
dance moves (Elvis)
lyrics that are not just suggestive but flagrant
white teens crazy over African-American teen idols
To the Rescue…
Record labels
white singers who sound R&B but also pop
Publishers
“safer” lyrics
Television producers
feature artists that are approvable to mass public
Pat Boone, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Darin, Fabian
Tutti Frutti: Which Sold More?
British Invasion
The Beatles (1960-1970)
John Lennon (1940-1980) = rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney (b. 1942) = electric bass
George Harrison (1943-2001) = lead guitar
Ringo Starr (b. 1940) = drums
4 Phases of the Beatles
Beatlemania (1962-1964)
Dylan-inspired seriousness (1965-1966)
Psychedelia (1966-1967)
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds = Sergeant Pepper’s
Return to roots (1968-1970)
Observations and Influence
Had their own sound, right from the start
Collaborative approach to music making
Music is both simple and sophisticated
Synthesized elements of many musical types
Pushed harmonic language past basic 3 chords
Pioneered advanced studio techniques
Motown, STAX, and Soul
1960-1970
Motor Town (Detroit) 1959
Barry Gordy
Trained songwriters and producers himself
Wanted to reach both African-American and white audiences
Motown Sound
Same musicians and studio for every recording: house band
Funk Brothers
Minimal backbeat; emphasis on lead singer
My Girl (1964): The Temptations
ABC (1970): The Jackson 5
Active, syncopated rhythms
Simple, catchy vocal and instrumental hooks
Michael’s voice
Superstition (1972): Stevie Wonder
Multiple catchy riffs with chords from jazz
Fresh new sound of synthesizers
Wonder’s resonant, upbeat voice
STAX (1957) = Memphis
Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton
Memphis brother/sister
Country, pop, rockabilly; then rhythm & blues
Edgier than Motown
Otis Redding
Wilson Pickett
Isaac Hayes
Stax Sound
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag (1965)
James Brown (1933-2006)
Godfather of Soul
Emphasis on rhythm
No continuous melody, just fragments tossed back and forth between Brown and horns
Percussive sounds
I Want My MTV
1980-1990
The New Sound of Pop in the 80s
Objectives
List
List the instruments in a typical rock band.
Define
Define riff and backbeat.
Identify
Identify the characteristics of New Orleans dance bands, rockabilly, and Chicago rhythm and blues.
Describe
Describe the musical innovations of the Beatles.
American Music
Rock and Roll
