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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Snodgrass - Sitting in Studio Sessions: BAckwards Design in Commercial Music Theory
PPT of presentation given at SMT PMIG 2023 in Denver.
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Palfy - Curricular Structure and Backwards Design
PDF of presentation given at SMT PMIG 2023 in Denver.
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Osborn: Analyzing Popular Music (F2019) materials
Contains syllabus, bibliography, schedule, assignments, and repertoire list
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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 - Pop progression Scavenger Hunt Assignment (Theory II)
Assignment for theory II (diatonic harmony) to find pop progressions and annotate with timestamps, lyrics, formal markings.
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Acevedo - Theory II Song Writing Final Project
Final project assignment for theory II (diatonic harmony) course.