Elements of an Analytic Musicology of Rock

Allan F. Moore, Remy Martin · 2018

The second chapter acts as a brief theory primer for rock. It addresses key issues of notation, the textural functions of instruments, rhythm, melody and the voice, harmony and form. This third edition then observes some contrasting positions taken by other writers, and surveys and critiques some of the developments in both harmonic and rhythmic theory to have arisen in the past couple of decades.

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