Dippermouth Blues 1923
- Created by: Olivia Grace Matthews
- Created on: 29-04-15 20:08
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- Dippermouth Blues 1923
- New Orleans/ Dixieland Jazz piece. ODJB first to record jazz music (white)
- Melody and Texture
- Call and response = between cornets
- Polyphonic interweaving melodies
- Narrow range of instruments
- Imitation = cornets and clarinet
- Superimposition of AAB melodies over ABC harmonies (blues features)
- Extra cornet = denser polyphony
- No individual allowed to dominate - typical New Orleans Style
- Harmony
- Follow standard 12 bar blues pattern
- Stoptime provide foundation for loose improvised melodic lines
- Blues harmony further depicted by non tempered scale intervals
- Fluctuation between major and minor 3rds - early blues
- Wavering tonality established through glissandos, pitch bending and vibrato
- Instruments
- Cornets: Alternating melody line. Q&A = Virtuosic. Typical blues
- Clarinet: High-pitched obbligato, arpeggiated melodies. Dotted notes 4 syncopation
- Trombone: Semi-melodic&bass role. Leading glissandos. Half speed of melody lines.
- Piano: Left hand=regular 4 beat walking bass. stabilises piece. Octaves
- Banjo: 4 beat strumming triads. Regular pulse
- Drums: Inaudible
- During solos = stoptime traids. Relaxed rhythmic feel = early blues
- Choruses
- Chorus 1: Full ensemble. Polyphony of frontline. Accompaniment=pulse
- Chorus 2:Long, pitched clarinet, tromb =slower
- Chorus 3: Accomp.stop time + clarinet solo
- Chrous 4: Clarinet solo = shrill
- Chorus 5: Led by tailgate tromb. Full ensemble. Dutiful roles back.
- Chorus 6: Cornet solo. Plunger mute. 2 notes, minor 3rd ascending. Flattened 3rd
- Chorus 7: Same as bar 6. Solo develops. Low clari makes cornet stand out more
- Chrous 8: Shouting vocals at end. Cornet leads at beginning
- Chorus 9: Same as chorus 8.
- Tag: 2 bars composed
- Rhythm and Metre
- 4/4 pulse
- Offbeat pulses propel music
- Cornet: main melody unifies rhythmic parts
- Clarinet: relentless rhythmic continuity
- Trombone: Half speed. loose rhythmic swing.
- Piano&Banjo: Regular pulsing 4/4 beats=backbone. Octaves in left hand emphasise bears
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