Overview
Make a Presentation about Charlie Parker
Part I Musical Influences and Style Identification
-Who were the musicians, teachers and other musical influences that shaped your artist's unique musical style?
-How would you classify the artist's musical genre and unique style?
-What are the style characteristics that support this decision?
-Develop and format two or three slides with images and not too much written information.
-Include a You Tube video of the artist in performance.
Part II Musical Analysis
-Analyze the musical structure of your recording. This analysis map will be your final slide.
-Analyze the structure of your recording by mapping the sequence of musical events, left to right.
-Present and clarify the map features by answering the following questions:
-What is the specific style genre and sub genre?
-What is the meter?
-How long (number of bars) is each musical event?
-What are the types of musical events?
-What is the form of the main theme, head, song, etc.?
-Are there improvised solos?
-Are there transitions?
-Are there unique or unusual departures from standard design?
-What are the dominant timbres?
-Are there any unusual timbres?
-Any other relevant or unusual musical details?