Transcript Chapter 6

Chapter 6
Section 3
Vocal Performance
Bell Ringer 12/10/12
• What does Bel Canto mean?
Culture Influences the Voice
• Every culture has it’s own style
• Chinese singing is different from Japanese or
Indian singing
• They have different timbres and tone qualities
• Some languages slide pitches up and down.
• Others have gutteral sounds and even clicks.
Listen
• CD 4 # 31 “Hommeage A Baba Cissoko” (Mali)
• CD 4 # 32 “Mamo Marie Mamo” (Bulgaria)
Bel Canto
• Bel Canto- a style characterized by lyrical and
flowing phrases, beauty of vocal color, and
brilliant technique
• Bel Canto means Beautiful Singing
Listening
• CD 4 # 21-27
• Listen to the female opera singers and
determine which does a better job at the Bel
Canto style
• Now listen to the Male opera singers and
determine which does a better job at the Bel
Canto style
Blues Style
• Blues- a genre of African American music that
often expresses frustration, sadness, or
longing
• Originated in spirituals and work songs of
slaves
• “Father of the Blues” W.C. Handy popularized
the blues
Blues Style Characteristics
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Improvisation
Used as the basis of improvisation
12-Bar Blues
Usually based on a 12-bar harmonic pattern
that’s repeated
• Blue Notes
• Blue Notes- selected pitches, usually on the
third and seventh degrees of the scale, whose
intonation is altered at the discretion of the
performer
Listening
• CD 4 #33 “There is Something on Your Mind”
• What sounds differently about the blues than
Jazz?
Contrasts in Vocal Music
• Have you ever heard voices that sounded like
instruments?
• “Sweet Honey in the Rock” is a female
African American vocal group that sings a
wide range of music
• Listen to the Grammy nominated song “State
of Emergency”
• CD 4 # 34 “State of Emergency”
State of Emergency
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Jailed and beaten, left to die
Political prisoners of apartheid
Youth of the nation, violently oppressed
In the quest for freedom thousands dead
• How can we let this be in their country
• They must be free when will segregation end
• When will the masses be free again