English Rhythm and Blues - Where Language and Music Come Together (Hardcover)

Patrice Larroque hypothesizes that early blues singers may have been influenced by the trochaic rhythm of English. English is stressed and timed, which means that there is a regular beat to the language, just like there is a beat in a blues song. This regular beat falls on important words in the sentence and unimportant ones do not get stressed. They are "squeezed" between the salient words to keep the rhythm. The apparent contradiction between the fundamentally trochaic rhythm of spoken English and the syncopated ternary rhythm of blues may be resolved as the stressed syllables of the trochee (a stressed-unstressed sequence) is naturally lengthened and assumes the role of one strongly and one weakly stressed syllable in a ternary rhythm. The book suggests investigating the rhythm of English and the rhythm of blues in order to show how the linguistic rhythm of a culture can be reflected in the rhythm of its music.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Patrice Paul Larroque
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	140
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-203721-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Promotions
LSN:	1-03-203721-0
Barcode:	9781032037219

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