Monthly Archives: January 2014

Vertical Melodic Analysis

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Paul Carr

Where as my blog last week focused on horizontal  melodic analysis – this session concerned the vertical movement of melody. More specifically, the session was related to how tension and release operates when specific note types come up against a … Continue reading →

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Melodic Analysis: horizontal techniques

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Paul Carr

This weeks musicology lecture examined  ways in which it is possible to analyse popular music melody – specifically from a horizontal perspective. As will be seen in the PowerPoint and the audio stream of the lecture – I get some … Continue reading →

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