~ supplemental songs ~ ~ standards and gems ~ ~ finding Americana music's colors, time and components in one composition ~
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1860 |
kids holiday song | ||
1899 |
Scott Joplin ~ ragtime jazz | wiki ~ "Maple Leaf Rag" |
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1925 |
Maceo Pinkard ~ jazzy / dixieland | wiki ~ "Sweet Georgia Brown" |
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1936 |
Duke Ellington ~ jazz | wiki ~ "Caravan" |
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1940 |
Bill Broonzy ~ blues | wiki ~ "Key To The Highway" |
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1945 |
Woodie Gutherie ~ folk | wiki ~ "This Land Is Your Land" |
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1945 |
Charlie Parker ~ bebop jazz | wiki ~ "Confirmation" |
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1951 |
Hank William ~ country swing | wiki ~ "Hey Good Looking" |
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1958 |
Chuck Berry ~ blues rock | wiki ~ "Johnny B. Goode" |
rockin' 12 bar blues, essential riff and groove |
1959 |
Ray Charles ~ blues rock gospel jazz | wiki ~ "What I Say" |
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1960 |
John Coltrane ~ jazz | wiki ~ "Giant Steps" |
brings a new harmony and improvisational approach to soloing |
1965 |
Otis Redding ~ blues rock gospel jazz | wiki ~ "R E S P E C T" |
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1965 |
Bob Dylan ~ folk rock pop | wiki ~ "Mr Tambourine Man" |
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1966 |
Young Rascals ~ a #1 pop rock dance song | wiki ~ "Good Lovin" |
'perfect' totally danceable hook, early electric guitar big roar, 1 4 5 in 'D' |
1971 |
Marvin Gaye ~ pop jazz rock classical rhythm and blues soul | "What's Going On" |
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1971 |
John Lennon ~ pop classical | "Imagine" |
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1971 |
Led Zepplin ~ hard rock | "Stairway To Heaven" |
theatrical, combines acoustic sections into the big roar, perfected classical style guitar solo, written in now ancient strophic form |
1973 |
Billy Joel ~ pop | "Piano Man" |
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1984 |
Van Halen ~ pop rock | "Jump" |
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1991 |
Nirvana ~ pop rock | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" |
same harmonic motion to of One to Four from two different pitches |
1995 |
Selena ~ Tejano / TexMex pop | "I Could Fall In Love" |
classic bass line story in a love story for everyone |
Count it off. Just an essential skill for all of us. In rockin' out it'll often sound like this :) |
"Getting away gave me the possibility of having thoughts of my own, of developing my own personality, a chance to find myself, even the chance to play badly! ... he told The Times in 1960, on a rare visit to New York" |
wiki ~ Abbey Simon
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References. References for this page's information comes from school, books and the bandstand and made way easier by the folks along the way. |
Find a mentor / e-book / academia Alaska. Always good to have a mentor when learning about things new to us. And with music and its magics, nice to have a friend or two ask questions and collaborate with. Seek and ye shall find. Local high schools, libraries, friends and family, musicians in your home town ... just ask around, someone will know someone who knows someone about music and can help you with your studies in the musical arts. |
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Always keep in mind that all along life's journey there will be folks to help us and also folks we can help ... for we are not in this endeavor alone :) The now ancient natural truth is that we each are responsible for our own education. Positive answer this always 'to live by' question; 'who is responsible for your education ... ? |
Intensive tutoring. Luckily for musical artists like us, the learning dip of the 'covid years' can vanish quickly with intensive tutoring. For all disciplines; including all the sciences and the 'hands on' trade schools, that with tutoring, learning blossoms to 'catch us up.' In music ? The 'theory' of making musical art is built with just the 12 unique pitches, so easy to master with mentorship. And in 'practice ?' Luckily old school, the foundation that 'all responsibility for self betterment is ours alone.' Which in music, and same for all the arts, means to do what we really love to do ... to make music :) |
"These books, and your capacity to understand them, are just the same in all places. Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing." |
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Academia references of Alaska. And when you need university level answers to your questions and musings, and especially if you are considering a career in music and looking to continue your formal studies, begin to e-reach out to the Alaska University Music Campus communities and begin a dialogue with some of Alaska's finest resident maestros ! |