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OverviewOverturning the inherited belief that popular music is unrefined, Form as Harmony in Rock Music brings the process-based approach of classical theorists to popular music scholarship. Author Drew Nobile offers the first comprehensive theory of form for 1960s, 70s, and 80s classic rock repertoire, showing how songs in this genre are not simply a series of discrete elements, but rather exhibit cohesive formal-harmonic structures across their entire timespan. Though many elements contribute to the cohesion of a song, the rock music of these decades is built around a fundamentally harmonic backdrop, giving rise to distinct types of verses, choruses, and bridges. Nobile's rigorous but readable theoretical analysis demonstrates how artists from Bob Dylan to Stevie Wonder to Madonna consistently turn to the same compositional structures throughout rock's various genres and decades, unifying them under a single musical style. Using over 200 transcriptions, graphs, and form charts, Form as Harmony in Rock Music advocates a structural approach to rock analysis, revealing essential features of this style that would otherwise remain below our conscious awareness. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Drew Nobile (Assistant Professor of Music Theory, Assistant Professor of Music Theory, University of Oregon)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 18.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 25.80cm Weight: 0.738kg ISBN: 9780190948351ISBN 10: 0190948353 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 04 June 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Harmonic Syntax 2. Verses 3. Choruses 4. Prechoruses, Bridges, and Auxiliary Sections 5. AABA and Strophic Forms 6. Sectional Verse-Chorus 7. Continuous Verse-Chorus 8. Verse-Prechorus-Chorus Conclusion BibliographyReviewsThe rigorous analyses presented throughout this book pair organically with a constant attention to deeper lyrical meanings. If there were any remaining doubt that rock music could benefit from close, structural listening, Nobile has torn it asunder. * Brad Osborn, Associate Professor of Music Theory, University of Kansas, and author of Everything in its Right Place: Analyzing Radiohead * Systematic and comprehensive, with many examples of great tunes, Nobile's book is not only field changing for rock music scholarship, but also classroom-ready for students and teachers wanting sophisticated popular music theory. * Daniel Harrison, Yale University * Author InformationDrew Nobile is Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Oregon. His research on the analysis of popular music has appeared in several publications, including Music Theory Spectrum, the Journal of Music Theory, and Music Theory Online. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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