Pitch, Scales, Melody and Texture This paper is meant to analyze the pitch, scales, melody and the texture of Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry. Context Johnny was recorded in the year 1958 by Chuck Berry. The genre of this song is Rock’n’Roll; thus, our expectation is to see various features such as the repetition, … Read more
At the dawn of the 1960s, Britain was still recovering from the wounds inflicted by the Second World War. After a time of political instability, a revolution was sweeping the nation. The counterculture movement was beginning to take root all across the world; correspondingly, much of the movement was greatly influenced by musical artists originating … Read more
Course Books and Resources: Required Katherine Charleston- Rock Music Styles, A History (sixth edition, but fifth edition is k) Course Requirements: You will be expected to do all readings for each week, and watch the videos hat are inbred in the lecture. The readings will always have a ‘lecture’ section, and a reading from the … Read more
The premise of this work Is that rock ‘n’ roll matters, and that It means what it says. It seems that rock ‘n’ roll music has seldom been given its due as an art form, that It Is somehow relegated to a category of less “mature” or “serious” artistic pursuits by the media and the … Read more
On’ Roll Many people and many styles of music Influenced Rock and Roll. The styles Included Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Bluegrass, Boogie-woozier, and Rockabilly. Each was a major factor into the introduction of a new style of music called Rock C]N’ Roll. Popular music places a premium on accessibility, represents various meanings to boost both instant … Read more
Rock and Roll is an economic thing,” says “pop” singer Jo Stafford, quoted in Billboard, October 13, 1958. “Today’s nine-to fourteen year old group is the first generation with enough money given to them by their parents to buy records in sufficent quanities to influence the market. In my youth if I asked my father … Read more
