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OnMusic of the USA provides a comprehensive overview of the different musical traditions that form the rich musical tapestry of the United States.
OnMusic of the USA
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Table Of Contents
Getting Started
No Lessons found
Section 1: Basic Musical Concepts
Introduction
Class 1: Can Music Have A Specific Purpose?
Can Music Have A Specific Purpose?
Class 2: The Performer’s Role
The Performer’s Role
Class 3: Types of Listeners
Casual Listeners
Referential Listeners
Critical and Perceptive Listeners
Class 4: The Structure of Music
Structure of Music
Class 5: Music Basics 1
Keyboard
Octave
Diatonic and Chromatic Scales
Staves and Clefs
Class 6: Music Basics 2
Pitch
Rhythm
Meter
Class 7: Music Basics 3
Simple Meters
The Pickup
Summary
Class 8: Ragtime, Popular Song, and the Jazz Roots of Rock
Introduction
Broadway and Ragtime
Dixieland
Swing and Big Band
Conclusion
Class 9: Rural Blues and Urban Blues
Introduction
Musical and Poetic Form of the 12-Bar Blues
Rural Blues
Urban Blues
Boogie Woogie
Commercial or Arranged Blues
Conclusion
Class 10: Other African American Roots of Rock
Spirituals
Gospel Music
Vocal Harmony Groups
Early Rhythm and Blues
The Audience for Rhythm and Blues
Conclusion
Class 11: Rhythm and Blues Becomes Rock and Roll
Introduction
New Technologies and Means of Consumption
Alan Freed
Ray Charles and the Gospel Side of Rock and Roll
Rhythm and Blues Crosses Over
Cover Versions
Conclusion
Class 12: American Popular Music in the Nineteenth Century
Introduction
Blackface Minstrelsy
Sheet Music
Sheet Music (Continued)
Conclusion
Class 13: Dixieland
Introduction
New Orleans: The Birthplace of Jazz
Musical Components of Dixieland Jazz
Key Figures in Dixieland Jazz
Dixieland on the Move
Recording Jazz
Conclusion
Class 14: Swing and Big Bands
Introduction
Music Consumption in the Swing Era
Society Syncopators
Big Bands
White Swing Bandleaders
Kansas City Swing
Conclusion
Section 2: Contemporary Genres
Introduction
Class 15: Broadway and the Development of the American Musical
Introduction
From Tin Pan Alley to Broadway Musical
The Composers of Broadway
The Age of Great Standards
Conclusion
Class 16: Currents in America 1
Steve Reich
Philip Glass
John Adams
Currents in the New World: Musical Theatre
Leonard Bernstein and West Side Story
Music for Film
Class 17: Currents in America 2
Charles Ives
Aaron Copland
John Cage
George Crumb
Joan Tower
Class 18: Country Music Traditions in America
Introduction
The 19th Century Crucible
The Great Divide
Class 19: Western Music
Western Music
Western Swing
Bluegrass
What to Listen for in Country Music
Class 20: Country Counterculture
Country Counterculture
Alternatives
Hot Country; Conclusion
Class 21: Elvis Presley
Introduction
Sam Phillips and Sun Records
The Hillbilly Cat
Colonel Tom Parker and Presley at RCA-Victor
Presley’s Cover Versions
Presley After the 1950s
Conclusion
Class 22: Soul
Introduction
The African American Presence in Pop
Motown 1
Motown 2
Motown 3
Atlantic and Stax
Conclusion
Class 23: Folk and Folk Rock
Introduction
Folk Music Before the 1960s
Authentic vs. Commercial
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (Continued)
The Rise of Folk Rock
Dylan’s Influence During the 1960s
Conclusion
Class 24: Fusion
Introduction
Jazz After Swing
Bitches Brew
Selling Out?
Fusion in the 1970s
Fusion in the 1970s (Continued)
Conclusion
Class 25: From Soul to Funk
Introduction
Music and the Civil Rights Movement
James Brown
James Brown’s Band
The Musical Language of Funk
Sly and the Family Stone
George Clinton and P-Funk
George Clinton and P-Funk (Continued)
Funk and the Media
Conclusion
Class 26: Hip-Hop
Introduction
The Roots of Hip-Hop
Early Commercial Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop Goes Mainstream
Hip-Hop Goes Mainstream (Continued)
Hip-Hop Takes Over
Conclusion
Class 27: Early Jazz
New Orleans Jazz
The Legend of Buddy Bolden
Jelly Roll Morton
Joe “King” Oliver
Sidney Bechet
Blue Horizon
New Orleans “Dixieland” Jazz
Chicago
Louis Armstrong
Class 28: Struttin’ With Some BBQ
Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
Scat Singing
Earl Hines
Bix Beiderbecke
Frankie “Tram” Trumbauer
From Chicago to New York
James P. Johnson
Harlem Stride Piano
Fats Waller
Toward Swing
Summary
Class 29: Swing in the 30’s and Duke Ellington
Swing
Fletcher Henderson: Pioneer of Swing
Wrappin’ It Up
Coleman Hawkins: The first great tenor saxophonist
Django Reinhardt: The first great European jazz musician
Benny Carter and Roy Eldridge: Two masters of swing
Art Tatum: Keyboard virtuoso
Duke Ellington
Section 3: Music of North America
Introduction
Class 30: Bebop and the Advent of Modern Jazz
Modern Jazz
Bebop
Charlie Parker
Parker’s Style
Bebop, Ballads, and Blues
Dizzy Gillespie
Gillespie, Parker, and 52nd Street
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Class 31: Miles Davis, Modal Jazz, and Bill Evans
Miles Davis
Miles Davis Sextet, 1959
Modal Jazz
Davis’ “So What”
Davis’ “Flamenco Sketches”
Bill Evans
Bill Evans Trio
Class 32: John Coltrane
John Coltrane
Coltrane’s “Giant Steps”
Coltrane’s Use of Pedal Points
The Classic Coltrane Quartet
‘Trane and the Soprano Saxophone
Coltrane’s Quartet “Alabama” and “A Love Supreme”
Toward Free Jazz
Class 33: Music in Native North America: Traditional and Intertribal Styles
Introduction
Studying Native North America
Studying Native North America (Continued)
Class 34: Musical Instruments of Native North America
Musical Instruments I: Drums
Musical Instruments II: Rattles and Flutes
The Northeast: The Seneca People of the Iroquois Confederacy
The Southwest: The Diné, or Navajo People Page
Intertribal Music
Class 35: Pow-Wows: Southern and Northern
Pow-wows: Southern and Northern
Pow-wows: Southern and Northern (Continued)
Listening Guides