| VOCAL FEATURES OF SOUL MUSIC |
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Soulful/expressive/powerful/virtuosic vocals
Aggressively delivered vocals
vocal screams
Vocal slides (1)
Gospel style vocals (1) |
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| INSTRUMENTAL FEATURES OF SOUL MUSIC |
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| Use of horn section (not brass) |
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| RHYTHMIC FEATURES OF SOUL MUSIC |
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Syncopation
Rhythmic stabs |
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| STYLISTIC FEATURES OF SOUL MUSIC |
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| Driving rhythm/strong rhythm section |
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| Harmonic FEATURES OF SOUL MUSIC |
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Combination of elements of Gospel, R‘n’B (not Blues)
Use of vocal improvisation and call and response |
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| POLITICAL INFLUENCES OF SOUL |
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White people’s growing acceptance of black music helped to make
soul popular
Its association with the civil rights movement helped it to move
from purely love songs to incorporate more socially aware lyrical
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James Brown
(Early) Ray Charles
Booker T & the MGs
Otis Redding
Smokey Robinson
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Wilson Pickett |
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| THREE FEMALE SOUL ARTISTS |
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Diana Ross / The Supremes
Dusty Springfield
Aretha Franklin |
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| MAIN STYLES/PRODUCERS/LABLES |
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Stax (MEMPHIS)
Atlantic
Phil Spector
Motown (Detroit) |
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