Transformation in rock harmony: An explanatory strategy

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Abstract

Explaining one musical passage by saying it is a transformed version of another is a basic strategy of analysis. In this article, I explore this strategy specifically in regard to harmonic structures in rock music. By focusing on transformations that describe obvious musical experiences (as opposed to transformations that could be considered more rational than empirical in nature), I am able to explore the usefulness of concepts such as chord substitution and musical normality as they apply to our hearings, and as they apply to the ways in which we can make sense of our hearings via a notion of transformation.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationRock Music
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages243-274
Number of pages32
ISBN (Electronic)9781351550697
ISBN (Print)9780754629566
StatePublished - Jul 5 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Arts and Humanities

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