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