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Martyn Bennett: Underrated and a great example of Genre Synecdoche.
A week or so ago, I posted about a few different ways that music can convey meaning – using the terminology Sonic Anaphone, Kinetic Anaphone, Tactile Anaphone and Genre Synecdoche (From Phil Tagg). Well, over the last few days, I … Continue reading
Posted in Musicology
Tagged Aye, Bothy Culture, Celtic Music, Martyn Bennett, musicology, paul carr, Scotland
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More Musicological Thoughts
I gave a musicology lecture the other days which focused on a number of techniques introduced by musicologist Phil Tagg. They are Sonic Anaphone: Where the music extract resembles what it represents.For example motorbike sounds. For me this is similar … Continue reading
The Relationship between The Elements of Music and Musical Form
My most recent musicology lecture focused on the relationship between musical form and the elements of music. I am looking for examples of the following – feel free to suggest – Examples of pieces with unusual bar numbers between … Continue reading
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Tagged elements of music, form, musicology, paul carr, texture, timbre
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The Elements of Music: A Good Start To Basic Analysis
When considering the analysis of a piece of music for the first time, it is sometimes useful to start with the ‘elements of music’. As a first step – try placing the following elements in order of priority – in … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Education, Musicology
Tagged analysis, elements of music, musicology, paul carr, sir duke, tempo, texture, times they are a changin
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National Identity versus Commerce: An Analysis of Opportunities and Limitations within the Welsh Music Scene for Composers and Performing Musicians
I have a new Journal article coming out in the next week which discusses some askpects of the Welsh Music scene. It will be published in the Journal ‘Popular Music History’ – a short abstract copied below. This chapter intends … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Live Music, Music Industry, Musicology
Tagged composers, identity, Music Industry, musicology, paul carr, performing musicians, welsh music
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Pat Metheny: Why is his music so interesting?
I have just spent an hour or so listening to a ‘best of Pat Metheny‘ collection on Spotify. Having been listening to this man’s music for around 30 years now, it is crazy to think some of the tracks … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Musicology, Uncategorized
Tagged Academic, metheny, music analysis, musicology, nattiez, orchestrion, pat metheny, paul carr
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