Mhdb's publications such as 'Mozart had the Blues'
analyze the band, the
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1. Mozart
had the Blues. The theory, history & prehistory of
'Mozart has the blues' (Mhdb) - or: an amateur drummer's
autobiography. By Wolfgang Billmann, Kassel, Germany, 2015 (updated
from time to time, 1st ed. 1997, German, manuscript), German/English
Introduction and up to The Beatles (until 1961)
Bands 1960s-80s
Looking back: 1964
Equipment & drumming influences 1960s-80s
From the 90s on
The
Mhdb bands
The Mhdb songs
The Mhdb drum style & equipment
Metropolises, jazz & percussion. Mhdb's global orientation. The
urban music, culture & development of the global megacities and
historical metropolises (summary)
Summary & outlook
Bibliography. Appendix
2. The
Mhdb songs, details. Texts, arrangements,
melodies, chords, measures, MP3. By Wolfgang
Billmann, Kassel, Germany, 2008-19, English, German/English lyrics
Songs of set 1. - MozartHatDenBlues - BumerangTrophue - Moench&NonneBlues - FliegenMeiden - WindbeutelBlues - SchlaegePop - Schuft - Zaehnelos
Songs of set 4. - BezweifleEsHupf - MehlhutKHop - BestandteileBossa -
DeutscherBauernkriegsBlues - Klopstock&Kumpels - ThomasMuentzerMambo - SeppelSamba - JoetheJump
Songs of set 5. - DesVogelsTueckeTango - Papa&MamaJive - SchillerStomp - Stan&OllieTango - PolologieSause - CancanDesMittelalters - AdamRieseRag - GottesgeschoepfePolka
The Mhdb chords
Mhdb chord types. Mhdb pitches
The Mhdb steeldrum
Measures, basics
Tonic-dominant bases
A basic drum set
The Mhdb notation key
PA
Abbreviations
Bibliography see 'Mozart
had the Blues'
3. Schlagzeugschule.
3., in d. Grundlagen gek. u. geaend. Ausg. By Wolfgang
Billmann, Kassel, Germany, 1997 (continuation see Wolfgang
Billmann,
Mozart had the Blues,
2015, updating from time to time, The Mhdb drum style), German, manuscript
Mhd-b.blogspot.com,
since November 2020, external link. Urban music, culture &
development of the global megacities and historical metropolises. Drums theory, development & history
Cities have always been the
centers of humankind. Wars have always been, and are still waged between
cities. Hypothesis: War was fought not between Yugoslavia and Germany,
but mainly between Belgrade and Berlin. Jazz has always been a source of
inspiration in popular music, one of the global key industries. War has
unfortunately also been a constant source of creative inspiration, not
only for popular music, but sadly for all key industries.
The Mhdb bands (approx. 1990-)
have used their songs ('Mhdb standards') as a starting point for
permanent experiments, for example, with very different American-European
styles, but above all urban music, culture & development of the global
megacities and historical metropolises. The Mhdb texts deal with absurd
everyday life in modern German history and, increasingly, global
developmental differences between the global megacities and
historical metropolises.
The goal of 'Metropolises,
Jazz & Percussion' is to get an idea of the music, everyday life and
history of each studied city.
Approximately half of the 47 listed cities are in states with
'below-average HDI' ('not so good'): more metropolises and less
historic metropolises/centers.
American-European Mhdb roots: More than 300 pieces:
1787-2020
More than three hundred American-, particularly U.S.-European
music pieces from the 18th century to the present were listed and
analyzed with the help of Youtube and similar portals. These pieces
have played a significant role in the history & development of Mhdb
and are continuously updated. These pieces are divided into jazz,
hip hop, rock, traditional & classical music.
The music of the global megacities and historical
metropolises/centers is also compared with categories such as
Especially, there is
the question of relationships between drums, percussion & music styles
and urban architecture. - For example, New York City:
Nyc-architecture, ... Seagram Building (1958-, New York City);
Miessociety, ... Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe (1886-1969). ... Glass, chrome, leather & modern jazz ?
Without flourishes. Light. Functionally. ...
Modern jazz (approx.
1940-60, very abstract & scintillating jazz, regular beats, strongly
syncopated phrasing, mutual comments on the improvisations, important
to the origin of the Mhdb chords & changes: bebop, Afro Cuban jazz,
hard bop & soul jazz, cool jazz, West Coast jazz, modal jazz, bossa
nova, Latin jazz, third stream & progressive jazz).
Seagram Building. Embedded image,
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagram_Building#/media/Datei:NewYorkSeagram_04.30.2008.JPG, April 25, 2020
