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The Impact of Musical Environment on Lyrics and Meaning

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Paul Carr

This post is directed mainly to my undergraduate musicology students, but I am sure other readers will find it of interest to. This week in our class, we discussed the various ways in which the ‘musical environment’ (the sounds and … Continue reading →

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The Elements of Music: How can we use them to discuss ‘interest’ in a piece of music?

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Paul Carr

This post concerns the elements of music, and the ways in which they are prioritised to indoctrinate interest in a piece of music. How can we use the elements that for most are so familiar, to begin to analyse popular … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: popular music analysis

The Impact of Musical Environment on Lyrics and Meaning

The Elements of Music: How can we use them to discuss ‘interest’ in a piece of music?

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