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In DJayed music a breakdown is a section where only one part plays. All other parts may be gradually stripped away or suddenly cut out. Examples include "a single string note, a German woman having an orgasm, or the voice of God telling you to take drugs". It should not be confused with a break: "breaks are for the drummer; breakdowns are for hands in the air". (Brewster and Broughton 2003, p.79) A break is an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a break from the main parts of the song or piece. ...
In bluegrass music, a breakdown is a type of instrumental, such as a Hornpipe, a Jig, or a reel dance in Traditional Irish music. Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music with its own roots in the English, Irish and Scottish traditional music of immigrants from the British Isles (particularly the Scots-Irish immigrants of Appalachia), as well as the music of rural African-Americans, jazz, and blues. ... The hornpipe is a traditional English folk dance in 2/4 or 4/4 time. ... The jig (sometimes seen in its French language or Italian language forms gigue or giga) is a folk dance type as well as the accompanying dance tune type, popular in Ireland and Scotland. ... The reel is a folk dance type as well as the accompanying dance tune type. ...
Example of Breakdowns are "Earl's Breakdown" and "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", both of which were written by Earl Scruggs. Foggy Mountain Breakdown is a famous bluegrass music instrumental by the seminal bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs. ... Earl Scruggs Earl Eugene Scruggs (born January 6, 1924 in Flint Hill, North Carolina) created a banjo style (now called Scruggs style) that is one of the defining characteristics of bluegrass. ...
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A breakdown can be a component of a hardcore or metalcore track. The breakdown is an interlude in a hardcore or metalcore song where the tempo is slowed, typically to a 4/4 rhythm. ... Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is a faster and heavier version of punk rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes. ... Metalcore is a musical genre consisting of a mix between heavy metal and hardcore. ...
Source
Brewster, Bill and Broughton, Frank (2003). How to DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records. New York: Grove Press. ISBN 0802139957.
These guys are still concerned with making music, and employ avant-garde techniques (such as growling, squeaking, etc) for musical/emotional reasons and effects.
Naturally, he was aiming for a musical project that would have made all but the most progressive musicians quite uncomfortable.
I think the album was titled Ascension in a spiritual context, which is what Coltrane's music had become by this time, a deep spiritual search for some otherworldly communication that he never felt he quite grasped.
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