Proto Doo Wop and septimal harmony

Carl has told us a lot about barbershop and septimal harmony, so maybe he knows about this. To my ears, the Mills Brothers and the Delta Rythm Boys sometimes have a lot of septimal chords in their music. I don't even know the name of this genre, or if it has one, so I'm calling it "Proto Dop Wop". Anyone agree with this asessement?

Gene wrote:

> Carl has told us a lot about barbershop and septimal harmony,
> so maybe he knows about this. To my ears, the Mills Brothers
> and the Delta Rythm Boys sometimes have a lot of septimal chords
> in their music. I don't even know the name of this genre, or
> if it has one, so I'm calling it "Proto Dop Wop". Anyone agree
> with this assessment?

I'm embarrassed to say I'm not familiar with either group.
I searched YouTube and listened quickly to this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVoPG9HtYF8
I noticed septimal intonation only once, at 1:14.

I believe the genre is "jubilee" but I could be wrong. You
can hear septimal intonation sometimes in old cartoons.

I became a big fan of the Golden Gate quartet after Daniel
Wolf recommended them to me.

On the whole though, I've noticed very little septimal
intonation in this genre, or in doo-wop. I don't why this
is, though it is worth noting that it often employs
accompaniment such as piano & drums.

-Carl

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <carl@...> wrote:

> On the whole though, I've noticed very little septimal
> intonation in this genre, or in doo-wop. I don't why this
> is, though it is worth noting that it often employs
> accompaniment such as piano & drums.

Sorry, I guess "often" was an exaggeration. I went searching on YouTube and couldn't find an example like the one I was thinking of, with the Delta Rhythm Boys singing a capella. But I did find a lot of neat songs, such as Take the A Train, Gimme Some Skin and Rigoletto.