• From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
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Topic: STRONG SONG

TAKE BO DIDDLEY:
Rhythm is so important in Bo Diddley's music that harmony is often reduced to a bare simplicity. His songs (for example, "Hey Bo Diddley" and "Who Do You Love?") often have no chord changes.
So the musicians play the same chord throughout the piece.
It's amazing to see, HEAR an entire song, existing or using one chord only, it's even difficult to realise this, and that ONE chord song is very rhythmic, having the interaction of the voice, and the rhythm section=bass, drums

If you hear rap music, they also often use 1 chord.
Please tell me more.

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2 Reply by Russell_Harding (edited by Russell_Harding 2008-01-03 14:06:41)

  • From: A black hole in deep space
  • Registered: 2007-10-28
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Re: STRONG SONG

doc i noticed a lot of work chants from various tribes in africa use the same format,also sailors on the old wooden exploration vessels used to sing when hoisting sail i think people were singing in biblcal times before the various instruments were introduced,

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