Post-Doo-Wop
(After 1963)
     
    Nonsense Syllables


Words replace nonsense
syllables as background
responses

   
    Harmony Part


recedes into background

   
    Bass


used less as a separate
voice throughout

   
    Beat


remains heavy in most new
musics

   
    Instrumentation


instruments much more
important

   
    Melody


significantly more variation
melodies

   
    Lyrics


most lyrics still deal with
love, but social
commentary & politicizing
appears

   
    Falsetto


most lyrics still deal with
love, but social
commentary & politicizing
appears