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Walt Everett replied to the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoThanks to those with suggestions for my African American pop music course. I’ve finished drafting a 73-page syllabus with lengthy bib and tracklist that’s too large to attach here. Please email me at weverett at umich.edu [with @ for ” at “] and I’ll be happy to send you a copy.
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Walt Everett replied to the topic Whole-tone and Octatonic in pop and rock in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoKeith, my favorite rock octatonic passage is the guitars/bass trio in the transition of “You Never Give Me Your Money.”
There are a number of equal divisions of the octave, such as in the Fifth Dimension’s “Up—Up and Away,” the Doors’ “Touch Me” and Lorraine Feather’s “The Girl with the Lazy Eye.” I may list others in Foundations of Rock. Have fu…[Read more]
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Keith Salley started the topic Whole-tone and Octatonic in pop and rock in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoHi everyone,
Hope you’re all well and reasonably rested.
Was wondering about rock or general pop tunes that feature symmetrical/synthetic scales like WT and OCT. I don’t mind fleeting surface occurrences where the scales are just run through, like those WT scales in the intro to Stevie Wonder’s ‘You Are the Sunshine . . .’ or the recurring OCT…[Read more]
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Walt Everett replied to the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agothanks, Beth–good to hear from you. My bib and listening guide is coming along by leaps and bounds, but I hadn’t come across that journal yet. I’ll put my syllabus up by the end of the month.
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John Covach deposited “The Performer’s Experience: Positional Listening and Positional Analysis,” in G. Borio, G. Gioriani, A. Cecchi, and M. Lutzu, eds. Investigating Music Performance: Theoretical Models and Intersections (Routledge, 2020), 56-68. in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThis chapter presents an approach to musical listening and analysis that privileges the individual perspectives of performers in a rock ensemble. Using passages from Yes’s “And You And I,” this study examines how each musician hears the texture in different ways while each of these “positions” differs from the Ideal Listening Position, which is…[Read more]
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John Covach deposited “The Performer’s Experience: Positional Listening and Positional Analysis,” in G. Borio, G. Gioriani, A. Cecchi, and M. Lutzu, eds. Investigating Music Performance: Theoretical Models and Intersections (Routledge, 2020), 56-68. in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThis chapter presents an approach to musical listening and analysis that privileges the individual perspectives of performers in a rock ensemble. Using passages from Yes’s “And You And I,” this study examines how each musician hears the texture in different ways while each of these “positions” differs from the Ideal Listening Position, which is…[Read more]
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John Covach deposited “Popular Music in the Theory Classroom,” in The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy, edited by Leigh VanHandel (Routledge, 2020), pp. 331-339. in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThis chapter considers the role of popular music in the undergraduate music theory curriculum, proposing three models for integrating pop into theory teaching.
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John Covach deposited “Popular Music in the Theory Classroom,” in The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy, edited by Leigh VanHandel (Routledge, 2020), pp. 331-339. in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThis chapter considers the role of popular music in the undergraduate music theory curriculum, proposing three models for integrating pop into theory teaching.
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John Covach deposited “Jimmy Miller, the Rolling Stones, and Beggars Banquet,” in “They Call My Name Disturbance”: Beggars Banquet and the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Revolution, edited by Russell Reising (Routledge, 2020), pp. 19-25. in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThis paper surveys the career of Jimmy Miller and explores his role as producer for the Rolling Stones, with particular emphasis on Beggars Banquet.
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John Covach deposited “Jimmy Miller, the Rolling Stones, and Beggars Banquet,” in “They Call My Name Disturbance”: Beggars Banquet and the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Revolution, edited by Russell Reising (Routledge, 2020), pp. 19-25. in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThis paper surveys the career of Jimmy Miller and explores his role as producer for the Rolling Stones, with particular emphasis on Beggars Banquet.
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Beth Hiser replied to the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHi Walt,
Not sure if you’re familiar with the Journal of Hip Hop Studies, but it’s a wonderful open-access, peer reviewed journal that you might find useful for your course.
Enjoy!
Beth
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Walt Everett replied to the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThanks so much for posting, Noriko–huge help!
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Walt Everett replied to the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThanks for posting, Brad! Btw, I’ve already gleaned appropriate items from the syllabi posted at the PMIG site.
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Noriko Manabe replied to the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHi all,
Thanks to Walt and Brad for getting the conversation started.
1.I think in a course on African American music, it is important to include the voices of Black scholars. Here are a few, keeping analysis in mind:
Shelley, Braxton D. 2019. “Analyzing Gospel.” Journal of the American Musicological Society 72 (1): 181–243. https://doi.org/10.1…[Read more]
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Brad Osborn replied to the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHi Everybody. I replied to Walt privately with some readings from my own version of this class, but it’s too important not to share here as well:
Attas, Robin. 2019. “Music Theory as Social Justice: Pedagogical Applications of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly.” Music Theory Online 25/1
< http://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.19.25.1/mto.19.25.1.attas.h…[Read more] -
Walt Everett started the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHello PMIG members,
I decided this month to devote my Fall 2020 Pop-rock analysis class to the work of African-American musicians. The class is a mix of upper-level music undergrads and grads. I will have no trouble choosing repertoire, but I would appreciate any and all suggestions of readings that will support our analysis. We’re excluding…[Read more]
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RICHARD CARLIN started the topic New Music Series from SUNY Press in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHi All: I’ve been hired as a Consulting Editor for SUNY Press to acquire new titles in Music and the Arts. I’m looking for book proposals in the following areas:
Jazz Styles and Rock Styles: These would be short, introductory volumes on different styles (such as bop or swing in jazz or punk or hard rock in rock), each about 50,000 words, de…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker started the topic Deadline approaching: CFA MusicID Digital Research Fellowship (Aug 1) in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoDeadline Reminder – Call for Applications
MusicID Digital Research Fellowship
Deadline: 1st August 2020.
Dear all,
MusicID is pleased to announce its third annual Digital Research Fellowship in popular music studies.
http://www.academicrightspress.com/entertainment/music/fellowship-prizeAwarded competitively to scholars at any phase of…[Read more]
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Pablo Suárez deposited Música, humor y crítica social en el performance Buena Risa Social Club (León de Los Aldama, 2018) de Alejandro García Villalón “Virulo” in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoBuena Risa Social Club es un performance humorístico-musical del cantautor cubano-mexicano Alejandro García Villalón “Virulo”, quién lo presentó en el Café Antropía (León de Los Aldama, Guanajuato, México) el 30 de noviembre de 2018. Al tener en cuenta los pocos estudios realizados sobre sus composiciones performativas, para la presente com…[Read more]
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Pablo Suárez deposited Momentos sociológicos en el performance musical “El humor en estos tiempos da cólera” (ca. 1986) de Alejandro García Villalón “Virulo” in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago“El humor en estos tiempos da cólera” (ca. 1986) es uno de los performances que escribió, musicalizó y dirigió el cantautor Alejandro García Villalón Virulo para el Conjunto Nacional de Espectáculos de Cuba. De éste se conserva una adaptación televisiva del Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión, que no ha sido abordada en investigacion…[Read more]
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