Founded in 1998, the Popular Music Interest Group is dedicated to promoting the scholarly study of popular music through methods including musical analysis and theory. Our goals include:
• Ensuring academic recognition for popular music research
• Encouraging more scholars of music theory to engage popular repertoires
• Encouraging scholars of popular music to make effective use of musical analysis and theory
On our Humanities Commons site, we rely on our members to help edit this resource — this cooperation will help continually improve the presence of popular music in our classrooms and scholarship. Many thanks!
Files List
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Narum Analysis of Popular Music Syllabus (Spr20)
This undergraduate seminar focused on scholarly work by women and/or writings about music made by women. The syllabus includes the descriptions and grading rubrics for all assignments.
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Osborn: Analyzing Popular Music (F2019) materials
Contains syllabus, bibliography, schedule, assignments, and repertoire list
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Acevedo - Music Technology Final Composition Project
For a music technology course project but has spec ideas if you wish to do something more techy.
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Acevedo - Theory IV Popular Song Composition Guidelines
Designed as part of a class that focuses on 20th/21st century styles and that included various previous composition projects.
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Acevedo - Theory II Song Writing Final Project
Final project assignment for theory II (diatonic harmony) course.
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Writing for Analysis