The Hocket by Collin Dennen
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The document discusses the hocket technique in music, which involves alternately passing a melodic line between two or more voices. It originated in 13th century sacred vocal music in France and has since been used in various cultural contexts, including traditional music from Haiti, Indonesia, and the Central African Republic. Contemporary bands like Dirty Projectors also employ the hocket to outline chords less densely and create more interesting melodies.
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- 2. What is a hocket? • Derived from French word “hoquet” – A brief interruption or hiccup • Musical line is shared between two or more voices. – Alternately resting while other voice sounds.
- 3. The Hocket during the Ars Antiqua • Characteristic of Notre Dame school – Sacred vocal music – 13th and 14th centuries • In seculum d’Amiens longum (Anonymous)
- 4. The Hocket in Haitian Raras • Raras and gagas – Traditional Haitian street processions • Improvised melody shared between Vaksen – Bamboo or metal-pipe trumpets
- 5. Gamelan • Gamelan – Traditional Indonesian music – Played on mostly mallet instruments • Imbal and Kotekan – Both refer to technique of swapping melody between two different instruments. – Imbal is used in Java, Kotekan in Bali
- 6. Hindewhu and The Central African Republic • Hindewhu – Onomatopoeia – Alternately humming and blowing into flute • Mimicked by Bill Summers on Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man” using beer bottle.
- 7. Dirty Projectors • The hocket is a primary characteristic of their music – Outline harmonic movement • Make chords less dense – Create more interesting melodies – Hocket between voices or in guitar parts
- 8. The hocket is… • A shared melodic line of music – Used to make music more interesting or exciting • A technique used as early as the 13th century • Used in many different cultural contexts • Very common in today’s popular music