Exam cram 17/5

Chords

• Western art = tonic and dominant most important
• Jazz
  • Tonic assumed in double bass
  • mediant and 7th most important
  • Dont use 8th cos 8th is the root. same as 10, 12, etc
  • Extended harmony = above the octave - odd up to 13th
  • In test!!! no 11th or 13th but maybe 9th
  • Writing = keep in standard octave, can remove 1 and 5
  • I^{6 9} chord going from bottom is 3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th
  • When writing major 7ths, must write major 7th explicitely (Cmaj7)
  • Cmi/maj7 = C minor with major 7th on top
  • When finding chords, remember to look at the bass! (ones with extentions)
  • When you have a 9 by itself, it is implied that it is a dominant chord (dom9)
  • Fmaj9 = F major with major 7th and 9 on top

West End Blues

• King Oliver wrote
• Opening called one of the most iconic jazz improvised solos ever
• Recording to listen to: hot 7 - look at page 7 para 1 for recording details

Louis Armstrong

• Claims to fame: virtuosic trumpet playing and his voice
  • One of the first soloists to take a solo with his voice
• Scatting: Nonsensical syllables to improvised melody
  • Hard sounds and soft sounds (consonants) to show accents (2 and 4, etc)

Dixieland and New Orleans

• Dixie
  • The south (new orleans)
  • Instrumentation
    • Front line
      • Clarinet - more versatile
        • Weaved around the trumpet - arpeggios, etc
      • Trombone
        • Tailgate - mid range, tenor
      • Trumpet
        • Lots of melody
    • Rhythm
      • Drumkit
        • Came from jazz tradition
        • So one person could do everything
        • Drums started from the army bands - different drums
• New Orleans
  • melting pot of jazz
  • mississippi = river the runs through
  • Spread to surrounding cities = chicago

Big band

• 17 - 18 players
• Same form as dixieland

Assessment tips

• Listen to west end blues!!!
• One unseen work parallel to each “department”
  • Listen to the stuff at suggested listenings section in uwa booklet!!!!