As seen on the board, various features of the blues are demonstrated on the piano.
This photo displays a full view of the topic and specific items discussed and demonstrated.
Here everyone participates in singing, clapping rhythms, and moving to the rhythms of blues music. (All photos taken by a student at the university.)
Here Stan Breckenridge is describing various features while playing them simultaneously.
Here Stan Breckenridge adds singing to his left bass and right hand harmonic accompaniment.
The audience was divided in two parts, each singing their own melodic phrase that produced harmony. Here Stan Breckenridge is asking one group of singers to listen and learn their part.
This performance-lecture was something different for the students on a Monday morning. Usually students are deeply engaged in difficult academic tasks on the first few days of the week.
On November 26, 2012 Stan Breckenridge gave a performance-lecture titled Blues Attributions in American Music Styles. Features such as bluenotes, 12-bar blues progression, AAB song form, triplet figure, 6/8 meter, melodic and harmonic riffs, and other rhythmic figures were demonstrated to show their applicability in various American music styles.
STAN BRECKENRIDGE 