Packet 15: Bonus 6

The parts of these constructs are assigned tonic, outgoing, medial, and incoming functions in Philip Tagg’s book on an “everyday” concept. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these repeating constructs that are twice as long as shuttles. A ubiquitous one of these constructs rearranges another that Tagg traces to “Doowop-Shalala culture.”
ANSWER: chord loops [or four-chord loops; prompt on chord progressions; anti-prompt on, BUT DO NOT REVEAL, vamps] (Tagg’s book is called Everyday Tonality.)
[10e] The now-ubiquitous “one, five, six, four” chord progression evolved from the loop “one, six, four, five,” which is sometimes named after this decade. Elvis Presley rose to fame in this decade.
ANSWER: 1950s
[10m] Tagg gives this name to the older “one, six, two, five” loop, which is a common jazz turnaround. Especially in musical theatre, this word refers to a short section of music repeated ad libitum.
ANSWER: vamp
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