Alligator Crawl Brief contextual overview and main points of each section 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? MusicASAll boards Created by: ellie gCreated on: 19-05-12 17:14 Context Recorded in 1927 was one of the first pieces of music to be recorded electronically electronic recording began in 1925 his hot fives and sevens reffered to his band and that fact they played "hot Jazz" it was recorded in Chicago Based on the Alligator Crawl by Fats Waller 1 of 10 Instruments and their Instrumentalists Trumpet - Louis Armstrong Clarinet - Johnny Dodds Trombone - John Thomas Piano Lil-Hardin Tuba - Pete Briggs Drums - Warren Baby Dodds Guitar/Banjo - Johnny St Cyr 2 of 10 Structure Introduction - F major Chorus 1 - C major Chorus 2 - C major Link Trumpet Solo A - C major with hints of G - major B - Em to G major A - C major A - C -maj Chorus 3 - C major Chorus 4 - C major 3 of 10 Introduction F - Major Begins and ends on C Johnny Dodds plays a solo on clarinet 4 of 10 Chorus 1 Trumpet plays smears, scoops, glissandi and ghost notes Clarinet plays with Terminal Vibrato Banjo and Piano comp Trombone plays long held notes Tuba plays 2 beat descending rhythms with occasional rhythmic fills 5 of 10 Chorus 2 New Orleans Polyphony Trumpet plays counter melodies with clarinet Trumpet plays in a higher register to stand above the other solos Trumpet plays a similar melody to chorus 1 just inverted (ascending) Trombone plays two beat rhythms with terminal vibrato 6 of 10 Link Purpose is to modulate to C major and to move onto the trumpet solo G pedal in the trombone Trumpet plays smears, scoops and fall - offs 7 of 10 Trumpet Solo A section Mid range terminal vibrato first chromatic motif introduced and repeated with displacement B section Begins with an Em triad range increases, reaching a top A shorter phrases A section larger range than first a-section modulates back to C major A section Armstrong shows off virtuosity with an interval of an 11th ends on a bar of C to highlight modulation 8 of 10 Chorus 3 - Guitar and Banjo Solo Banjo used to thicken up texture and give an interesting timbre unusual to have a guitar solo plays over 12 bar blues with added F# diminished chords and Bb chords for interest Tempo increases over the solo 9 of 10 Chorus 4 New Orleans Polyphony Tempo has increased due to increase in the chorus before clarinet plays a fancy countermelody to the trumpet trombone becomes more prominant piano and banjo comp at the end there is a hit of the cymbol that is hand stopped. 10 of 10
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