Musicology - bebop. a brief description and history of the 'bebop' jazz style.
Title: Musicology - bebop. a brief description and history of the 'bebop' jazz style.
Category: /Arts & Humanities/Music
Details: Words: 744 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Musicology - bebop. a brief description and history of the 'bebop' jazz style.
Category: /Arts & Humanities/Music
Details: Words: 744 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Yr 11 Music Musicology Assessment.
Bebop.
Bebop, a musical style for virtuoso musicians, developed between the early and mid-1940's and expanded upon many of the improvisational elements of the swing era. The birth of bebop is considered the beginning of modern jazz. Bebop produced four changes to the style of jazz: it required a greater understanding of jazz theory; complex instrumental melodies were introduced; complicated chords and rhythms were added to the rhythm section; and …showed first 75 words of 744 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 744 total…direction for jazz, no longer dance music but a form of art, and, as the popularity of bebop grew, critics and jazz fans came to view it as a challenging new art form.
Bibliography.
members.tripod.com/sgprice/music/bebop www.hypermusic.ca/jazz/bop.html www.jazzitude.com/histbop.htm musicmoz.org/Styles/Jazz/Bebop/ www.wsws.org/arts/1998/may1998/bop teaching.arts.usyd.edu.au/history/hsty3080/3rdYr3080/ Dizzy/DIZZY%20WEB%20I/issueJ1