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Maple Leaf Rag
- By Scott Joplin
- Ragtime Piano
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Hellhound on my trail
- By Robert Johnson
- Country Blues
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St. Louis Blues
- By Bessie Smith
- Classic Blues
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Jumpin' at the Woodside
- Count Basie and his orchestra
- Swing Jazz
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Waiting on a Train
- By Jimmie Rogers
- Updated Country
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Your Cheatin' Heart
- By Hank Williams Sr.
- Country/Honky Tonk
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Ragtime
- A style of piano playing that caught on around 1900
- Was popularized by Scott Joplin
- Called “rag time” because it was marked by a “ragged” or syncopated sound
- Mixes European harmony, form, and texture with African–inspired syncopation
- Began as piano music and quickly got picked up by dance bands◦ “The Maple Leaf Rag” is probably the most famous rag
- Ragtime’s importance to rock manifests in its introduction of African–American rhythm to American popular music
- This rhythm would eventually evolve into rock
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Scott Joplin
- Popularized Ragtime
- Sings "Maple Leaf Rag"
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Synchopation
- Purposely accenting normally un-accented notes
- Western - beats 1 & 3
- Rock - beats 2 & 4
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Rural Blues
- Blues started as rural
- Orally transmitted
- Characterized by call and response between singer and guitar
- Use of raw emotional singing style
- Use as vernacular language
- Use of the 12 bar blues chord pattern
- Frequent alteration from singing to talking
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City/Urban Blues
- Rural Bluesman moved to cities or urban areas and began playing in bars/clubs
- Added a rhythm section to boost volume
- Singular bluesman added bass and drum
- Blues took on the use of syncopation and a rapid backbeat and called it "hot blues"
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Classic Blues
- Often sang by women (Bessie Smith - Empress of Blues)
- Used 12 bar blues form and began being recorded in 1920's
- Race Records - recordings of black musicians for blacks
- Robert Johnson
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Aint That a Shame
- Fats Domino
- New Orleans Rhythm and Blues
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All I have to do is Dream
- Everly Brothers
- Slow Rock and Roll
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Boogie Chillin
- Johnny Lee Hooker
- Electric Blues
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Choo-Choo-Ch-Boogie
- Louis Jordan
- Jump Band/Slow Boogie Woogie
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Great Balls of Fire
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Rock and Roll
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Have Mercy Baby
- Dominoes
- Fast Doo Wop and R&B
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Hoochie Coochie Man
- Muddy Waters
- Electric Blues
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I Got a Woman
- Ray Charles
- Gospel and R&B
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Jesus Ill Never Forget
- Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers
- Gospel Male Quaret
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Maybelline
- Chuck Berry
- Early Rock and Roll
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Move on up a little Higher
- Mahalia Jackson
- Gospel Solo Female
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Sh-boom
- The Chords
- Slow Doo Wop and R&B
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Shake, Rattle and Roll
- Joe Turner
- Fast Boogie Woogie
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This Land is Your Land
- Woody Guthrie
- 20th Century Folk
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Tutti Frutti
- Little Richard
- Gospel/Rock
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