Everybody can sing, as long as you can hum up or down a few notes in your range you can
Jazz & Blues
The blues are the original jazz style that gained popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and they originated in Black communities in the American Deep South. Blues riffs and themes are still used by contemporary musicians in genres such as rhythm and blues (R&B), country, and rock.
| Stylistic Traits Jazz | Technical Traits Jazz |
| Warm Mellow, well rounded tone No repetition of melodic phrases (changing the melody every round) Scatting Extreme dynamics/movement between tones | Significant movement of the larynx from high to low Back resonance Speech/ Cry registers Vibrato (hammer vibrato for pre-1940’s) |
| Stylistic Traits Blues | Technical Traits Blues |
| Minor Pentatonic Blues scale 12 bar structure Melancholic lyrics AAB Structure Loud Dynamics Instrumental solos Microtonal (guitar slides and bends) Basic Phrasing Ad-libs | Grit/Growls TA Dominant Scoops/Slides onto & off of notes Loose intonation / Pronunciation |
| Other Songs in this Genre Mood Indigo – Nina Simone Misty – Sarah Vaughan I’ll be Seeing You – Iggy Pop & Francoise Hardy Teach Me Tonight – Dinah Washington All of Me – Billie Holiday |