Dear collective wisdom,

Can anyone recommend literature on the bridge in popular song form? I am thinking of analyses of specific songs, where the bridge (B section) might have some special relation to the A section, or articulate some significant climax, and so on. Thank you.

Mark Anson-Cartwright

Hello everyone. Is this the first discussion on the new site?

I teach forms and analysis for beginners. The teacher of a parallel group uses Russian terminology and theory, and I see that we are not at all matching, e.g. what he teaches as “phrase” is more-or-less equivalent to Caplin’s “basic idea”; and for him “period” need not have a structure…[Read more]

Dear SMT-Rus members,

Welcome to the SMT Russian Music Theory Interest Group! This is our group’s official web page starting January 2020, and I am Ellen Bakulina, chair of the group for the 2020-2022 term. All information pertaining to the group’s activity will be available here. Please note that the RMTIG Google group will no longer be used for…[Read more]

Dear SMT JIG,

I wonder if any of you would give me your opinion on a question that’s been bugging me for ages. Let’s say we agree that you can reduce rhythm changes to |I|V|I|V| in the first four measures. Do you hear those Vs as back-related? Front-related? Depends on comping vs. soloing? Depends on the line being played? Depends on something…[Read more]

Hi all! I hope all has been well since our meeting in Columbus last month, and you all are surviving the end of the school year grading piles. I have been spending this year (taking a break from academia) in the Kansas City area, which is such a rich geographic location in relation to jazz history’s roots in blues and proto-bebop. Something my…[Read more]

The 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]

Hello PMIG members!

Nominations are now closed for elections for PMIG positions. Please follow the link to vote for a new chair and secretary (there were no nominations for a new webmaster). You will also vote on the proposed by-laws.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1gvZz1srWhac4u2kEwRz6g0vyutq6lOblMbo18Y_GiJpsuw/viewform

Thank you!

—Alyssa