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New Orleans Music: Early History
New Orleans Music: Origin of Rhythm
New Orleans Music: Instruments
New Orleans Music: Street Beats
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New Orleans Music: Piano Fundamentals
New Orleans Music: Allen Toussaint
New Orleans Music: Louis Armstrong
New Orleans Music: Professor Longhair
New Orleans Music: Fats Domino
New Orleans Music: James Booker
New Orleans Music: Art Neville
New Orleans Music: Dr. John
New Orleans Music Venues
Summary: Street beats in New Orleans music gets its name from the brass bands that paraded the streets during funeral processions. Hear street beats with tips from a Crescent City resident in this free video on New Orleans music.
Chris Masceill has lived in New Orleans for more than 10 years and has learned piano from some of Crescent City's best piano greats. Masceill attended both Loyola Univeristy and the...read more
"In this clip we're going to talk about the street beat. Now New Orleans street beat gets its name from the brass bands that would go through the streets, especially before, during, and after a funeral procession. Now, a street beat is made up of a syncopated beat which is triplets. One triplet, two triplet, three. One triplet, two triplet, three. (Demo) Now some songs that have actually made a lot of money strictly because that beat is so accessible, naturally, to the human psyche. One of the most famous song is "Iko Iko". (Demo) I'm sure you recognize that beat from many other songs, from shows as "Grease", the song "Hand Jive", also George Michael's "Faith" is based on that street beat."
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