Understanding rock
Subtitle: essays in musical analysis
By: edited by John Covach & Graeme M. Boone.
Contributors: Covach, John Rudolph.; Boone, Graeme M. 1954-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Rock music -- History and criticism; Rock music -- Analysis, appreciation
Description: "Amid the recent increase in scholarly attention to rock music, Understanding Rock stands out as one of the first books that subjects diverse aspects of the music itself to close and sophisticated analytical scrutiny. Written by some of the best young scholars in musicology and music theory, the essays in this volume use harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, formal, and textual approaches in order to show how and why rock music works as music. Topics of discussion include the adaptation of blues and other styles to rock; the craft of songwriting; techniques and strategies of improvisation; the reinterpretation of older songs; and the use of the recording studio as a compositional tool. A broad range of styles and groups is covered, including Yes, the Beach Boys, Cream, k.d. lang, Paul Simon, Jimi Hendrix, and the Grateful Dead"--amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Progressive rock, "Close to the edge," and the boundaries of style / John Covach; title: After sundown : the Beach Boys' experimental music / Daniel Harrison; title: Blues transformations in the music of Cream / Dave Headlam; title: "Joanie" get angry : k.d. lang's feminist revision / Lori Burns; title: Swallowed by a song : Paul Simon's crisis of chromaticism / Walter Everett; title: Little wing : a study in musical cognition / Matthew Brown; title: Tonal and expressive ambiguity in "Dark star" / Graeme M. Boone.