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'''The Lick''' is a [[lick (music)|lick]] (a stock musical phrase) that has been used on numerous [[jazz]] and [[pop music|pop]] records and is part of several [[classical music|classical]] compositions, to the point that it has been described as "the most famous jazz cliché ever".<ref>{{Cite |
'''The Lick''' is a [[lick (music)|lick]] (a stock musical phrase) that has been used on numerous [[jazz]] and [[pop music|pop]] records and is part of several [[classical music|classical]] compositions, to the point that it has been described as "the most famous jazz cliché ever".<ref>{{Cite book |last=McGee |first=M.B. |title=The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |year=2022 |isbn=978-3-030-90912-3 |editor-last=Glăveanu |editor-first=V.P. |pages=823–828 |chapter=Jazz |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-90913-0_117}}</ref> In recent years, it has become an [[internet meme]] and is sometimes used for comedic effect.<ref name="ABCHow">{{cite web |last=Golding |first=Dan |date=2018 |title=How a jazz lick took over the music world |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZMDFdmCv-A |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=YouTube |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |language=en |type=video}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Galloway |first=Kate |date=2023-12-01 |title=Jazz Cats and Horse Licks: Animal Memes, Participatory Digital Culture, and Representing Jazz Online |url=https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/jac/article/6/2/64/383578/Jazz-Cats-and-Horse-Licks-Animal-Memes |journal=Jazz and Culture |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=64–91 |doi=10.5406/25784773.6.2.04}}</ref> |
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== Musical structure == |
== Musical structure == |
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"The Lick" consists of seven notes, using five steps on a [[diatonic scale]]. The interval pattern is 1 (unison) – 2 (major second) – {{music|b}}3 (minor third) – 4 (perfect fourth) – 2 (major second) – {{music|b}}7 (lower seventh) – 1 (unison). In jazz, it is played [[Swing (jazz performance style)|swung]], sometimes including a [[glissando]] or [[grace note]] before the fifth note. |
"The Lick" consists of seven notes, using five steps on a [[diatonic scale]]. The interval pattern is 1 (unison) – 2 (major second) – {{music|b}}3 (minor third) – 4 (perfect fourth) – 2 (major second) – {{music|b}}7 (lower seventh) – 1 (unison). In jazz, it is played [[Swing (jazz performance style)|swung]], sometimes including a [[glissando]] or [[grace note]] before the fifth note.<ref name="TheLickGoldsby">{{cite magazine |last1=Goldsby |first1=John |date=November 2012 |title="The Lick," Part 2 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1152192579 |work=[[Bass Player (magazine)|Bass Player]] |pages=72–73 |volume=23 |issue=11}}</ref> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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The term "The Lick" was coined by an eponymous Facebook group in the 2010s and popularized by a YouTube video assembled from clips from the group by professor Alex Heitlinger in 2011.<ref name="Decomposition">{{cite book |last1=Durkin |first1=Andrew |url=https://archive.org/details/decompositionmus0000durk/page/256/mode/2up |title=Decomposition: A Music Manifesto |publisher=[[Knopf Doubleday]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-307911-76-6 |edition=First |pages=256 |oclc=1240167147}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Judd |first=Hannah |date=October 2022 |title=Virals, Memes, and the Lick's Circulation through Online Jazz Communities |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1478572222000263/type/journal_article |journal=Twentieth-Century Music |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=393–410 |doi=10.1017/S1478572222000263 |
The term "The Lick" was coined by an eponymous Facebook group in the 2010s and popularized by a YouTube video assembled from clips from the group by professor Alex Heitlinger in 2011.<ref name="Decomposition">{{cite book |last1=Durkin |first1=Andrew |url=https://archive.org/details/decompositionmus0000durk/page/256/mode/2up |title=Decomposition: A Music Manifesto |publisher=[[Knopf Doubleday]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-307911-76-6 |edition=First |pages=256 |oclc=1240167147}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Judd |first=Hannah |date=October 2022 |title=Virals, Memes, and the Lick's Circulation through Online Jazz Communities |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1478572222000263/type/journal_article |journal=Twentieth-Century Music |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=393–410 |doi=10.1017/S1478572222000263}}</ref> |
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"The Lick" was not first seen in jazz, as examples of classical music include [[Sequence (music)|tonal sequences]] similar to "The Lick", but it has been primarily known as a jazz lick for the attention it has received from being commonly used in jazz [[improvisations]]. |
"The Lick" was not first seen in jazz, as examples of classical music include [[Sequence (music)|tonal sequences]] similar to "The Lick", but it has been primarily known as a jazz lick for the attention it has received from being commonly used in jazz [[improvisations]]. |
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In 2019, composer [[David Bruce (composer)|David Bruce]] used "The Lick" as a basis for a [[string quartet]] titled ''The Lick Quartet''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bruce |first=David |author-link=David Bruce (composer) |date=November 21, 2019 |title=Taking The Licc Seriously - Converting a Meme for String Quartet |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2LniLClp4 |website=YouTube |type=video}}</ref><ref name="DallasLick">{{cite news |last=Cantrell |first=Scott |date=23 October 2019 |title=Dallas Chamber Symphony and Dover Quartet open two concert series | |
In 2019, composer [[David Bruce (composer)|David Bruce]] used "The Lick" as a basis for a [[string quartet]] titled ''The Lick Quartet''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bruce |first=David |author-link=David Bruce (composer) |date=November 21, 2019 |title=Taking The Licc Seriously - Converting a Meme for String Quartet |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2LniLClp4 |website=YouTube |type=video}}</ref><ref name="DallasLick">{{cite news |last=Cantrell |first=Scott |date=23 October 2019 |title=Dallas Chamber Symphony and Dover Quartet open two concert series |url=https://archive.today/20220804182256/https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/performing-arts/2019/10/23/dallas-chamber-symphony-and-dover-quartet-open-two-concert-series/ |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=[[Dallas News]]}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 22:01, 7 April 2024
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The Lick is a lick (a stock musical phrase) that has been used on numerous jazz and pop records and is part of several classical compositions, to the point that it has been described as "the most famous jazz cliché ever".[1] In recent years, it has become an internet meme and is sometimes used for comedic effect.[2][3]
Musical structure
"The Lick" consists of seven notes, using five steps on a diatonic scale. The interval pattern is 1 (unison) – 2 (major second) – ♭3 (minor third) – 4 (perfect fourth) – 2 (major second) – ♭7 (lower seventh) – 1 (unison). In jazz, it is played swung, sometimes including a glissando or grace note before the fifth note.[4]
History
The term "The Lick" was coined by an eponymous Facebook group in the 2010s and popularized by a YouTube video assembled from clips from the group by professor Alex Heitlinger in 2011.[5][6]
"The Lick" was not first seen in jazz, as examples of classical music include tonal sequences similar to "The Lick", but it has been primarily known as a jazz lick for the attention it has received from being commonly used in jazz improvisations.
In 2019, composer David Bruce used "The Lick" as a basis for a string quartet titled The Lick Quartet.[7][8]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Lick.
- ^ McGee, M.B. (2022). "Jazz". In Glăveanu, V.P. (ed.). The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 823–828. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-90913-0_117. ISBN 978-3-030-90912-3.
- ^ Golding, Dan (2018). "How a jazz lick took over the music world". YouTube (video). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ Galloway, Kate (December 1, 2023). "Jazz Cats and Horse Licks: Animal Memes, Participatory Digital Culture, and Representing Jazz Online". Jazz and Culture. 6 (2): 64–91. doi:10.5406/25784773.6.2.04.
- ^ Goldsby, John (November 2012). ""The Lick," Part 2". Bass Player. Vol. 23, no. 11. pp. 72–73.
- ^ Durkin, Andrew (2014). Decomposition: A Music Manifesto (First ed.). Knopf Doubleday. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-307911-76-6. OCLC 1240167147.
- ^ Judd, Hannah (October 2022). "Virals, Memes, and the Lick's Circulation through Online Jazz Communities". Twentieth-Century Music. 19 (3): 393–410. doi:10.1017/S1478572222000263.
- ^ Bruce, David (November 21, 2019). "Taking The Licc Seriously - Converting a Meme for String Quartet". YouTube (video).
- ^ Cantrell, Scott (October 23, 2019). "Dallas Chamber Symphony and Dover Quartet open two concert series". Dallas News. Retrieved August 4, 2022.