tailieunhanh - Lecture Jazz (Tenth edition) - Chapter 4: Piano styles: Ragtime to boogie-woogie

Chapter 4 - Piano styles: Ragtime to boogie-woogie. This chapter presents the following content: The birth of ragtime, ragtime and dixieland merge, ragtime lives on, stride piano, boogie-woogie, origin, later developments. | Jazz Tenth Edition Chapter 4 PowerPoint by Sharon Ann Toman, 2004 The Birth of Ragtime Ragtime is said to have originated in Sedalia, Missouri Ragtime is considered to be outside the jazz tradition because it is composed before it is performed Ragtime is a solo style of playing the piano Chapter 4 - Piano Styles: Ragtime to Boogie-Woogie The Birth of Ragtime Ragtime is not improvised but has an “improvisatory feel” Ragtime: displayed a definite separation of the hands at the piano Left hand played both bass and chords Right hand the melodic parts Use of syncopation Chapter 4 - Piano Styles: Ragtime to Boogie-Woogie The Birth of Ragtime The general public first became aware of ragtime during a series of world’s fairs held in Chicago, Omaha, Buffalo and other cities Ragtime flourished for over twenty years Ragtime players were both black and white Chapter 4 - Piano Styles: Ragtime to Boogie-Woogie Scott Joplin (1868-1917) Most prolific composer of ragtime music Known as . | Jazz Tenth Edition Chapter 4 PowerPoint by Sharon Ann Toman, 2004 The Birth of Ragtime Ragtime is said to have originated in Sedalia, Missouri Ragtime is considered to be outside the jazz tradition because it is composed before it is performed Ragtime is a solo style of playing the piano Chapter 4 - Piano Styles: Ragtime to Boogie-Woogie The Birth of Ragtime Ragtime is not improvised but has an “improvisatory feel” Ragtime: displayed a definite separation of the hands at the piano Left hand played both bass and chords Right hand the melodic parts Use of syncopation Chapter 4 - Piano Styles: Ragtime to Boogie-Woogie The Birth of Ragtime The general public first became aware of ragtime during a series of world’s fairs held in Chicago, Omaha, Buffalo and other cities Ragtime flourished for over twenty years Ragtime players were both black and white Chapter 4 - Piano Styles: Ragtime to Boogie-Woogie Scott Joplin (1868-1917) Most prolific composer of ragtime music Known as the “king of ragtime” Composed about 600 rags and published around 50 Composed a symphony, and 2 operas Chapter 4 - Piano Styles: Ragtime to Boogie-Woogie Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941) Best known ragtime piano player He claims that he originated jazz in 1902 As well as ragtime, swing, and other jazz styles He also formed his own orchestra Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers Chapter 4 - Piano Styles: Ragtime to Boogie-Woogie Jelly Roll Morton Morton as an ideal ragtime bandleader An excellent piano player Creative and knowledgeable arranger And a fair singer In Morton, we see for the first time in jazz that the personality of performing musician is more important than the material contributed by the composer Chapter 4 - Piano Styles: Ragtime to Boogie-Woogie Ragtime and Dixieland Merge 2 important changes resulted: 1. The basic melodic concept of the rags was changed The first melody became the verse, the 2nd and 3rd melodies were omitted and the 4th became a repeated