Soul music notes

Ray Charles

soul artists who synthesized country, R&B, jazz, and gospel

Ritard-

gradually slow down

Memphis Horn Sound-

parallel movement of horns and saxes

Otis Redding-

had a similar aggressive vocal style to Little Richard with a crooning sound like Sam Cooke

Motown-

groups were to dress and act with a sparkling image, they couldn’t wear simple outfits but sparkly and eye catching dresses or tuxs

Hook-

catchy repeating part of a song

Supremes-

generally sang about love and lost relationships

Temptations-

Motowns most popular male group

Stevie Wonder-

Incorperated gospel, jazz, and Rhythm African and Latin music

1st beatle period

Lighthearted love songs

2nd beatle period

Dylan influenced introspective period, more deeper meaning in the songs

3rd beatle period

Studio production, experimental

Music concrete-

a musical composition in which natural and acoustic sounds have been prerecorded on a tape that is altered to change the sound for use in a performance.

Tape loops-

tape recorded then cut and sliced to form a loop that continues to repeat the recording

Rolling Stones-

started out playing blues and covers. Their songs were influenced by the blues and soul

Kinks-

Slit their amplifier speaker to get the distorted fuzz tone

Who-

Expanded beyond the standard 2-3 minute song and wrote a double album length rock opera called “Tommy”

Yardbird-

A British blues revival band that experimented with feedback

Feedback-

high pitched sound

Garage Bands-

Made up of untrained musicians that practiced in their garages, known for their raw, unrefined sounds

Jimi Hendrix-

Blues guitarist who used feedback with more control than anyone before him

Bonnie Raitt-

femme blues singer that played a bottleneck style

Stevie Ray Vaughan-

known for his gutsy Hendrix inspired guitar style

George Thorogood-

Revitalized bottleneck style and Bo Diddley’s rhythms by updating them for the 70s and 80s.

Sitar

Instrument from India

Grateful Dead

Wrote long improv songs

Santana-

Blues based band who added 2 Latin drummers to the band which added a Latin sound to the 60s rock

The doors-

Their songs used themes similar to the beatnik such as sex and drugs

Bob Dylan

A folk singer who accompanied himself with an acoustic guitar and harmonica. He influenced many folk musicians who followed him by creating a new style, folk rock.

Simon and Garfunkle

A rock folk due that used harmony in their songs.

Paul Simon

Wrote songs that capture internationalism by using the music from south africa.

Joni Mitchell- She developed a distinctive vocal style in which she changed her tone quality at different pitch levels.

Eagles

Country rock band from southern cali that played amore complete fusion of country and rock musicial styles that more previous rock groups.

Credence Clear Water revival

the group took rock musical styles and flavored with rockabilly guitar fills and country influenced lyrics to create their own brand of country rock.

Allman brothers band

Combined blues, soul, and country. They usd twinlead guitars to create a thick and full sound.

Jazz rock

Jazz solo, rock backbeat, sounds more like rock

Blood, sweat, and tears

a jazz rock band that used a flugelhorn, sax, flute, and trombone.

Bebop

fast jazz, more harmonically, melodically, and rhythmically complex

Bebop musicians

Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk

Cool Jazz

emphasizing harmonic subtly in a more intimate way

Fusion

A more jazz styled music with rock influences

Miles Davis

Developed fusion and cool jazz

Sting

Jazz singer that blended rock, reggae, and jazz.