Neo-Riemannian Theory and the Analysis of Pop-Rock Music.
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Guy Capuzzo, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This article outlines the use of neo-Riemannian operations (NROs) for the analysis of certain
pop-rock chord progressions whose features invite a transformational approach. After presenting
the NROs used in the paper, I delineate the general features of the progressions under discussion, distinguish the progressions from the late-Romantic progressions analyzed with NROs by Richard Cohn, Brian Hyer, Henry Klumpenhouwer, and David Lewin, and contrast pc parsimony (one or
two pcs shared by two triads) with p parsimony (one or two pitches shared by two triads). I then
offer a series of analyses, which fall into three categories: sequences, progressions with chromatic
lines from 8ˆ or 5ˆ, and a song that combines triads and seventh chords. I close with an analysis of a complete song.
Neo-Riemannian Theory and the Analysis of Pop-Rock Music.
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Music Theory Spectrum 26.2: 177-199
- Language: English
- Date: 2004
- Keywords
- Neo-Riemannian operations (NROs, Neo-Riemannian Theory, Pop-rock chord progressions