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The foundations of rock : from "Blue suede shoes" to "Suite : Judy blue eyes" /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Everett, Walter, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Rock music > Analysis, appreciation.
Table of Contents:
  • Drums, other percussion, and a bit about rhythm
  • Guitars, the bass, and an introduction to harmony
  • Keyboards and a summary of early-rock instrumentation
  • Sweetening with band, orchestral, and other instruments
  • Vocal color, technique, and arrangement
  • Forms : phrases and sections
  • Melody : materials and patterns
  • Chord construction
  • Diatonic harmonic function
  • Harmony in minor and other nonmajor modes
  • Chromatic harmony
  • Musical time : rhythm, meter, and tempo
  • Engineering the master
  • Creating an interpretation.