A Guide Through the Culture of the Blues
Sloan Edward Williams III
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MUSICAL FACTS:
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A RECIPE FOR THE BLUES:
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A. EUROPEAN NOTATION AND HARMONIES USED IN THE BLUES
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B. AFRICAN ELEMENTS HARMONIC AND RHYTHMIC
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C. THE BLACK AMERICAN ARTIST EFFECT “IMPROVISATION” FROM “JIM CROW TO DEATH ROW [RECORDS]”.
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D. OPPRESSION AND EXPRESSION FROM THE RHYTHM OF THE HAND TO SWING OF BIG BAND (ELEMENTS FROM ELLA TO ELLINGTON)
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E. SINGING; THE BLUES “OF THEE I SING” FROM COTTON FIELDS TO MOVIE REELS.
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F. USING THE TREBLE AND BASS CLEF IN THIS UNIT
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G. FOLLOW THE (BLUE STARS) DRINKING GOURD, THE EARLY BLACK AMERICAN SCIENTIST, VISUAL, DANCE, LITERARY ARTIST AND IT’S IMPACT ON MUSIC.
