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==Objectives== | ==Objectives== | ||
*Students will be familiar with components of popular song form including verse, chorus, prechorus, bridge, intro and outro. | |||
*Students will be familiar with common popular song forms and their variants. | |||
*Students will be able to analyze the form of a popular song, | |||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
====Readings | ====Readings==== | ||
*[https://www.academia.edu/7634222/_Form_in_Rock_Music_A_Primer_in_Engaging_Music_Essays_in_Music_Analysis_ed._D._Stein_Oxford_University_Press_2005_65-76 Covach, “Form in Rock Music: A Primer”] | *[https://www.academia.edu/7634222/_Form_in_Rock_Music_A_Primer_in_Engaging_Music_Essays_in_Music_Analysis_ed._D._Stein_Oxford_University_Press_2005_65-76 Covach, “Form in Rock Music: A Primer”] | ||
* [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom:''] | *[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom:''] | ||
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/FormInPopularMusic.html Chapter 12: Form in Popular Music] | **[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/FormInPopularMusic.html Chapter 12: Form in Popular Music] | ||
* [http://openmusictheory.com/ Shaffer, Wharton (eds.), ''Open Music Theory:''] | *[http://openmusictheory.com/ Shaffer, Wharton (eds.), ''Open Music Theory:''] | ||
** Pop/Rock Form: [http://openmusictheory.com/popRockForm.html 1], [http://openmusictheory.com/popRockForm-terms 2], [http://openmusictheory.com/popRockForm-containers 3], [http://openmusictheory.com/popRockForm-functions 4], [http://openmusictheory.com/popRockForm-notation 5] | **Pop/Rock Form: [http://openmusictheory.com/popRockForm.html 1], [http://openmusictheory.com/popRockForm-terms 2], [http://openmusictheory.com/popRockForm-containers 3], [http://openmusictheory.com/popRockForm-functions 4], [http://openmusictheory.com/popRockForm-notation 5] | ||
*[https://www.top40theory.com/ Peres, ''Top 40 Theory:''] | *[https://www.top40theory.com/ Peres, ''Top 40 Theory:''] | ||
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**[https://www.top40theory.com/micro-blog1/the-internal-sonic-progression-in-bebe-rexhas-im-a-mess “The Internal Sonic Progression in Bebe Rexha’s “I’m a Mess’”] | **[https://www.top40theory.com/micro-blog1/the-internal-sonic-progression-in-bebe-rexhas-im-a-mess “The Internal Sonic Progression in Bebe Rexha’s “I’m a Mess’”] | ||
**[https://www.top40theory.com/micro-blog1/sonic-meta-progressions-in-pop-songs “Sonic Meta-Progressions in Pop Songs”] | **[https://www.top40theory.com/micro-blog1/sonic-meta-progressions-in-pop-songs “Sonic Meta-Progressions in Pop Songs”] | ||
*''Music Theory Online:'' | |||
**[http://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.17.23.3/mto.17.23.3.de_clercq.html de Clercq, "Embracing Ambiguity in the Analysis of Form in Pop/Rock Music, 1982–1991"] | |||
**[http://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.17.23.3/mto.17.23.3.richards.html Richards, "Tonal Ambiguity in Popular Music's Axis Progressions"] | |||
*''SMT-V:'' | |||
**[https://doi.org/10.30535/smtv.6.4 Barna, "The Dance Chorus in Recent Top-40 Music"] | |||
**[http://doi.org/10.30535/smtv.7.6 Lavengood, "'Oops!... I Did It Again': The Complement Chorus in Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys, and *NSYNC"] | |||
==Class Activities== | ==Class Activities== | ||
*Discussion and definition of popular form components (verse, chorus, bridge, ''etc.'') | |||
*Discussion and definition of different popular song forms | |||
*Analysis of various popular songs | |||
==Assignments== | ==Assignments== | ||
====Files==== | |||
== | *Formal Analysis: "Jumper" by Third Eye Blind ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eqkTPUh9bPZ7rFDSBj1Asj6nItu6cAa3/view?usp=sharing Word] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nws8-Vu5_R-ZkvJ4gIr-k7RJejMrCcDl/view?usp=sharing Pages] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E4xjOHegtBFI2mJ4XdtDqZnLeeSb2nEC/view?usp=sharing PDF]) | ||
*Formal Analysis: "Unfinished" by Barenaked Ladies ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vcdHe9T1jU38GfN_S_9xRWRbp6A07ekz/view?usp=sharing Word] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/16clLJXfED1GDv7wcTP3h9xSsNF7lPfbf/view?usp=sharing Pages] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LOUFbNpPF13BHGYXTJ4L7q6c8Jaasg6r/view?usp=sharing PDF]) | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:04, 21 December 2024
| This lesson is part of the Rhythm, Meter & Form category. |
Objectives
- Students will be familiar with components of popular song form including verse, chorus, prechorus, bridge, intro and outro.
- Students will be familiar with common popular song forms and their variants.
- Students will be able to analyze the form of a popular song,
Resources
Readings
- Peres, Top 40 Theory:
- “Don't Bore Us, but Don't Rush to the Chorus”
- “The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey — ‘Closer’: Crafting the Chorus”
- “Everything You Need to Know About the Postchorus”
- “About that Chorus in Bed Rexha’s ‘I’m a Mess’”
- “A Sonic Twist in the Plot: The Bridge in Modern Pop”
- “The PostChorus-Bridge Switcheroo”
- “Recycling the Chorus in Zedd & Elley Duhé’s ‘Happy Now’”
- “The Internal Sonic Progression in Bebe Rexha’s “I’m a Mess’”
- “Sonic Meta-Progressions in Pop Songs”
- Music Theory Online:
- SMT-V:
Class Activities
- Discussion and definition of popular form components (verse, chorus, bridge, etc.)
- Discussion and definition of different popular song forms
- Analysis of various popular songs
Assignments
Files
- Formal Analysis: "Jumper" by Third Eye Blind (Word | Pages | PDF)
- Formal Analysis: "Unfinished" by Barenaked Ladies (Word | Pages | PDF)