Jacob P. Cupps
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Megan Lavengood uploaded the file: Identifying Modes (Great British Bake Off themed worksheet) to
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoIdentifying modes (.pdf, .mscx, .musicxml). Asks students to identify 20th-c. modes versus major/minor, circle inflected pitches, and explain how a pitch center is articulated. Music examples are transcribed from the TV show Great British Bake Off (music by Tom Howe). Designed for the still-in-development v. 2 of Open Music Theory.
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Daniele Shlomit Sofer's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months ago
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Megan Lavengood uploaded the file: Analysis of Popular Music Spring 2020 to
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months agoThis is just the syllabus but the entire course can be viewed at http://popclass.meganlavengood.com
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Daniele Shlomit Sofer's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years ago
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Daniele Shlomit Sofer's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years ago
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Megan Lavengood started the topic New officers: Christine Boone, Chair; Matt Ferrandino, Secretary in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years agoThe results of our voting are in, and I’m very pleased to announce the results.
Our group approved the bylaws as they were drafted at the time of voting. I’ve attached a .pdf here, but you can also view and comment on the bylaws in the Docs tab. By no means are these bylaws perfect, and I highly encourage members and leadership alike to propose…[Read more]
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Megan Lavengood deposited Timbre, Genre, and Polystylism in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month ago
In the soundtrack for the Sega Genesis game Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1992), the genres represented include calypso, funk, carnival, new wave, prog rock, and more. Soundtracks for video games frequently shift genres this way, to create aesthetic themes for different levels or characters. Turning toward an account of the game’s soundtrack as a u…[Read more]
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Megan Lavengood commented on the doc Working Draft — Proposed Bylaws in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month agoNathan Pell passed on the Performance and Analysis Interest Group bylaws in case it helped us. He also mentioned that quorum was an issue in their formation of bylaws. They seem to have decided on 10 people as constitutive of a quorum.
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Megan Lavengood commented on the doc Working Draft — Proposed Bylaws in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month agoI don’t have that data sadly.
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Toru Momii's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months ago
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Megan Lavengood started the topic Nominations, proposed bylaws changes, and chair's report in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoOur 2019 meeting was very successful (if somewhat dry)!
Please note that nominations for officers are now open, and you may nominate by filling out this form. Please also review the proposed bylaws again, and if you have any suggestions for changes, please bring it up in the comments of that collaborative document.
Nominations and changes to the…[Read more]
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Megan Lavengood commented on the doc Working Draft — Proposed Bylaws in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoHi all, I have made a few changes to reflect what we discussed in our meeting. I have also attempted to resolve the quorum issue we were struggling with. Quorum will only really matter for voting. Based on a suggestion from another interest group, I have added language that states that voting will remain open until 5% of the membership (based on…[Read more]
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Megan Lavengood replied to the topic PMIG Meeting Reminder in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoI’ve just made a Google form for submitting new sources for the bibliography—click here to submit an entry [CORRECTED LINK]
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Megan Lavengood deposited What Makes It Sound ’80s? in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoPopular music of the 1980s is remembered today as having a “sound” that is somehow unified and generalizable. The ’80s sound is tied to the electric piano preset of the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer. Not only was this preset (E. PIANO 1) astonishingly prevalent—heard in up to 61% of #1 hits on the pop, country, and R&B Billboard charts in 1986—bu…[Read more]
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