Melody group
Melodie Group (Engl. Melody section ) is in bands that part of the occupation , which for the melody of a piece of music is responsible. Rhythm group is the complementary part of the group that takes over the rhythm .
History of origin
Depending on the nature of the musical instrument and the specifications of the piece of music, the distinction between melody group and rhythm group has emerged, especially in jazz . The importance of the rhythm section in jazz began in the 1930s. The swing pianists often played an accompaniment technique with their left hand, in which harmony fundamental and chord are played alternately (“stride piano”). The bassist followed the harmony movement in swing at half the tempo of the basic beat ( two beat ). In jazz, the melody group consisted of individual instruments (such as guitars , woodwind instruments ) or wind instruments and (more rarely) violin sections. In addition, the singing is part of the melody group. The trick with a big band is that the melody group has to maintain its own rhythm and not lean on the rhythm pattern of the rhythm group.
composition
The melody group includes primarily those musical instruments that have a melodic function in the arrangement , such as keyboards , melody guitars or flutes ; in the jazz bands saxophones , trumpets , trombones and clarinets . In addition, some instruments that actually belong to the rhythm group can also take on melody functions. A bassist can play chords that are part of the melody (for example, bass solos ); then it becomes part of the melody group. A pianist can play rhythm chords with his left hand and the melody with his right hand so that he can perform both tasks at the same time. The dominance of the trumpet within the melody group in Dixieland was undisputed .
tasks
For most pop songs, melodies and harmonies are just as important as the rhythm. In pop music , the melody is largely contributed by the singing voices, with the melodic segments being determined by the principle of repetition. In jazz, the melody group takes on the task of collective improvisation. While the melody section is playing “off-beat”, the rhythm section serves as its metric support. It drives the music and determines the tempo of the melody. The melody group can play parallel to the rhythm group, interact with it, or play alone in phases (e.g. with riffs ). The melody group is mostly based on the rhythm in the melody, but does not have to be based on the rhythms of the rhythm group.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Pfleiderer : Rhythm: Psychological, theoretical and stylistic aspects of popular music. Bielefeld 2006, p. 248 ff.
- ↑ Wieland Ziegenrücker / Peter Wicke , Sachlexikon Popularmusik , 1987, p. 236.
- ↑ Dirk Sudro, Jazz for Dummies , 2006, p. 62.
- ↑ a b Werner Faulstich, Rock, Pop, Beat, Folk , 1978, p. 41 f.
- ↑ Olivia Beck, The Beginnings of Jazz , 2010, p. 3.