{"product_id":"form-as-harmony-in-rock-music-paperback","title":"Form as Harmony in Rock Music - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDrew Nobile\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverturning the inherited belief that popular music is unrefined, \u003cem\u003eForm as Harmony in Rock Music\u003c\/em\u003e brings the process-based approach of classical theorists to popular music scholarship. Author Drew Nobile offers the first comprehensive theory of form for 1960s, 70s, and 80s classic rock repertoire, showing how songs in this genre are not simply a series of discrete elements, but rather exhibit cohesive formal-harmonic structures across their entire timespan. Though many elements contribute to the cohesion of a song, the rock music of these decades is built around a fundamentally harmonic backdrop, giving rise to distinct types of verses, choruses, and bridges. Nobile's rigorous but readable theoretical analysis demonstrates how artists from Bob Dylan to Stevie Wonder to Madonna consistently turn to the same compositional structures throughout rock's various genres and decades, unifying them under a single musical style. Using over 200 transcriptions, graphs, and form charts, \u003cem\u003eForm as\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarmony in Rock Music\u003c\/em\u003e advocates a structural approach to rock analysis, revealing essential features of this style that would otherwise remain below our conscious awareness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrew Nobile\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Oregon. His research on the analysis of popular music has appeared in several publications, including \u003cem\u003eMusic Theory Spectrum\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Music Theory\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMusic Theory Online\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42163782713479,"sku":"9780190948368","price":80.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a1cfbee62ac6ecd278303051cd494567.webp?v=1733299979","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/form-as-harmony-in-rock-music-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}