Studied by 16 people
Who is Salvants jazz trio?
Aaron Diehl- piano
Lawrence Leathers- drums
Paul Sikivie- double bass
Trolley song - written for what film and singer
1944 “meet me in St Louis” Judy Garland
Trolley song - bpm and metre
≈145bpm, 4/4 metre
Trolley song - structure
32 bar song form with AABA refrain
Trolley song - what replaces the second bridge in Garlands original?
Piano solo (Aaron Diehl)
Trolley song - describe the rhythms
rhythmically complex, train-like drum rhythms, syncopation and cross rhythms
Trolley song - how does Salvant imitate Judy Garland
exaggerated vibrato and portamento, fluttering between “lost my heart instead”
Trolley song - vocal techniques
off pitch “buzz buzz buzz”, same pitch “clang clang clang”, word painting on “fell”, sustained consonants eg. “yen” “ten”
Trolley song - what happens at 2:25
Salvant has clearer diction and distinct “t” and consonant sounds, to match with change in accompaniment (more hi-hat dominated)
Trolley song - what key is it in and what key was the original
Salvant’s - Bb major, Judy Garland’s - A major
Wives and Lovers - who wrote the original and who sung it
Burt Bacharach and Hal David, sung by Jack Jones
Wives and Lovers - what is the original time signature, and what does Salvant change it to
original - 3/4 Salvant changes it to 4/4
Wives and Lovers - how long are the verses and in what phrasing
16 bars in 4 bar phrases
Wives and Lovers - how long is the chorus and in what phrasing
11 bars in two 4 bar phrases, and an irregular 3 bar phrase
Wives and Lovers - Salvants vocals
Range of tonal colour and decorations, eg. grace notes and auxilary notes
Wives and Lovers - words “dont” and “run” (vocals)
anticipation on “dont” and “run”. “dont” is louder and sudden, like a warning. “run” seems to be put on end of previous phrase, making it its own warning
Wives and Lovers - what is Salvants key in and what key is the original in
Salvants in C major, original in Eb major
Wives and Lovers - harmony
complex harmonies, with added note chords (often 5ths and 9ths), chord subsitutions. Pedal notes (often dominant pedals) and slash chords also frequent
What’s the matter now? - what is special about the instrumentals
early 20th century New Orleans style of accompaniment
What’s the matter now? - what happens to the chords during the chorus?
Stop chords at “whats the matter now”
What’s the matter now? - vocal technique at “whats the matter now”
vocal slide on “now”
What’s the matter now? - what scales is the melodic material based on
Bb blues scale, major 3rd also often used, giving it a pentatonic flavour
Whats’s the matter now? - what key is salvants version and the original in
both versions in Bb throughout whole piece
Le Mal de Vivre - who wrote the original and where were they from
Barbara, a famous French singer and actor
What does Le Mal de Vivre translate to?
“the pain of life”
Le Mal de Vivre - melody and vocals
melody rhythmically flexible, often reflecting natural rhythms of speech
Le Mal de Vivre - accompaniment
at very beginning vocals enter alone, then joined by simple piano accompaniment (block chord every bar). Piano accompaniment increases in complexity and bass and drums with brushes are added after verse 4
Le Mal de Vivre - what is significant about the keys of verses and choruses
verses and choruses are in unrelated keys (verses Fm, choruses Em) with no modulations between them, creating unsettling feel from abrupt change in key
Le Mal de Vivre - harmony
choruses and verses follow circle of fifths, using secondary dominants creating significant pull between one chord and the next (relentlessness of life).
several chords extended by 7ths or 9ths and some ar articulated in inversion
Le Mal de Vivre - what is the outro influence by and why
Heavily influence by Baroque, likely homage to Jacques Loussier who was a contemporary of Barbara
Le Mal de Vivre - outro
piece ends in a protracted plagal cadence, with an extended trill on piano and finally a tierce de picardie. Unexpected major chord is like light at the end of the tunnel - hope.
delta blues
from mississipi, delta
8-bar blues, intimate, guitar and harmonica (sometimes)
piedmont blues
virginia, florida, georgia
quicker, syncopated, rag-time, finger-picked guitar
texas blues
improvised guitar melodies, closer to jazz in swung rhythms
memphis blues
cheerful, syncopated style, suitable for dancing
name 5 early blues queens (1920s-30s)
Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Marion Harris
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