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St Louis Blues
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- 1Who performed this piece?Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong
- 2BLUES NOTES: What happens in the chorus and why?Flattened 3rd written as Asharp because it is leading to B.
- 3BLUES NOTES: what happens on the first words?Asharp anacrusis to a B
- 4what happens when Bessie sings "her die-mon rings""her dia-MON rings"
Csharp and flattened 3rd (Bflat) - 5SYNCOPATION: where does syncopation occur?b.22 "feeling' tomorrow"
- 6VOICE + PERFORMANCE: the chorus is more true to notation. True or false?True.
- 7VOICE + PERFORMANCE: overall, what happens to the melody and lyrics?the are both elaborated by Bessie.
- 8VOICE + PERFORMANCE: what happens on the words "sun"?It gets stretched out.
- 9VOICE + PERFORMANCE: what happens on the words "goes down"?Flat 3rd
- 10VOICE + PERFORMANCE: what happens on the word "woman"?improvised melisma and flat 3rd
- 11VOICE + PERFORMANCE: what are the features of the voice in the chorus?powerful growls
- 12VOICE + PERFORMANCE: give an example of an elaborated melody.Scale degree flat3, 2 and 1 are circled around.
- 13CORNET: What are the features of the cornet when playing?wide vibrato, improvisation, wide range of notes, high register and mordents.
- 14CORNET: how does the cornet fit with bessie?Question and answer phrases.
The cornet plays improvised answers. - 15When was the piece recorded?1925
- 16When was the piece written?1914
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