Harmonic Analysis Of Beatles Music

Author : Aaron Krerowicz
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781544125152
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harmonic Analysis of Beatles Music written by Aaron Krerowicz and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the simple chords of 'Love Me Do' to the sophisticated modulations of 'The Abbey Road Medley', The Beatles' artistic development can be traced through their unusual and innovative harmonies. Like its volume 1 predecessor, BEATLESTUDY volume 2: Harmonic Analysis of Beatles Music examines its subject in exhaustive detail. It is divided into three parts: The first is a harmonic analysis of all 211 officially recorded and released Beatles songs from 1962-1970; the second part contains a spreadsheet and a concordance documenting each chord used in each song; the third draws statistical conclusions about how The Beatles use harmony.

Author : Dominic Pedler
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 0857123467
Total Pages : 791 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Songwriting Secrets Of The Beatles written by Dominic Pedler and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 791 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years after The Beatles split up, the music of Lennon, McCartney, Harrrison and Starkey lives on. What exactly were the magical ingredients of those legendary songs? Why are they still so influential for today's bands? This ground-breaking book sets out to explore The Beatles' songwriting techniques in a clear and readable style. It is aimed not only at musicians but anyone who has ever enjoyed the work of one of the most productive and successful songwriting parterships of the 20th Century. Author Dominic Pedler explores the chord sequences, melodies, harmonies, rhythms and structures of The Beatles' self-penned songs, while challenging readers to enhance their appreciation of the lyrics themselves with reference to the musical context. Throughout the book the printed music and lyrics of The Beatles' songs appear alongside the text, illustrating the author's explanations. The Songwriting Secrets Of The Beatles is an essential addition to Beatles literature - a new and perceptive analysis of both the music and the lyrics written and performed by what Paul McCartney still calls 'a really good, tight little band'.

Author : James S. Walker
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439867097
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematics and Music written by James S. Walker and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first glance, mathematics and music seem to be from separate worlds—one from science, one from art. But in fact, the connections between the two go back thousands of years, such as Pythagoras’s ideas about how to quantify changes of pitch for musical tones (musical intervals). Mathematics and Music: Composition, Perception, and Performance explores the many links between mathematics and different genres of music, deepening students’ understanding of music through mathematics. In an accessible way, the text teaches the basics of reading music and explains how various patterns in music can be described with mathematics. The authors extensively use the powerful time-frequency method of spectrograms to analyze the sounds created in musical performance. Numerous examples of music notation assist students in understanding basic musical scores. The text also provides mathematical explanations for musical scales, harmony, and rhythm and includes a concise introduction to digital audio synthesis. Along with helping students master some fundamental mathematics, this book gives them a deeper appreciation of music by showing how music is informed by both its mathematical and aesthetic structures. Web Resource On the book’s CRC Press web page, students can access videos of many of the spectrograms discussed in the text as well as musical scores playable with the free music software MuseScore. An online bibliography offers many links to free downloadable articles on math and music. The web page also provides links to other websites related to math and music, including all the sites mentioned in the book.

Author : Dario Martinelli
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031338049
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beatles and the Beatlesque: A Crossdisciplinary Analysis of Sound Production and Stylistic Impact written by Dario Martinelli and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beatles and the Beatlesque address a paradox emanating from The Beatles’ music through a cross-disciplinary hybrid of reflections, drawing from both, musical practice itself and academic research. Indeed, despite their extreme stylistic variety, The Beatles’ songs seem to always bear a distinctive identity that emerges even more in similar works by other artists, whether they are merely inspired, derivative or explicitly paying homage. The authors, a musicologist and music producer, emphasize the importance of record production in The Beatles' music in a way that does justice not only to the final artifacts (the released songs) but also to the creative process itself (i.e., the songs "in the making"). Through an investigation into the work of George Martin and his team, as well as The Beatles themselves, this text sheds light on the role of the studio in shaping the group's eclectic but unique sound. The chapters address what makes a song “Beatlesque”, to what extent production choices are responsible for developing a style, production being understood not as a mere set of technicalities, but also in a more conceptual way, as well as the aesthetics, semiotics and philosophy that animated studio activity. The outcome is a book that will appeal to both students and researchers, as well as, of course, musicophiles of all kinds.

Author : The Beatles
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1495027031
Total Pages : 1159 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beatles - Complete Scores written by The Beatles and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1993-06-01 with total page 1159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Transcribed Score). A fitting tribute to possibly the greatest pop band ever - The Beatles. This outstanding edition features full scores and lyrics to all 210 titles recorded by The Beatles. Guitar and bass parts are in both standard notation and tablature. Also includes a full discography. Songs include: All You Need Is Love * And I Love Her * Baby You're a Rich Man * Back in the U.S.S.R. * The Ballad of John and Yoko * Blackbird * Can't Buy Me Love * Come Together * Drive My Car * Eleanor Rigby * From Me to You * Glass Onion * A Hard Day's Night * Help! * Hey Jude * I Saw Her Standing There * I Want to Hold Your Hand * Michelle * Penny Lane * She Loves You * Twist and Shout * Yesterday * and many more! A must-own for any serious Beatles fan or collector!

Author : Aaron Krerowicz
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781508722366
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural Analysis of Beatles Music written by Aaron Krerowicz and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, for the first time in published form, is an encyclopedic analysis of structure in the music of The Beatles. With a keen eye for detail and ears to match, Beatles scholar Aaron Krerowicz breaks down every Beatles song with the two-fold intent of illustrating the band's sophisticated compositional skill and plotting their artistic evolution by examining in great detail how their music was put together. The volume opens with a comprehensive structural analysis of all 211 tracks recorded and officially released by The Beatles between 1962-1970, and ends with commentary on those analyses. The product is the most exhaustive study of the topic ever made. For the scholar, this catalog will provide a basis for further study and analysis; for the fan, it will offer insight for deeper understanding; for all, it will increase appreciation for The Beatles' extraordinary music.

Author : Ian MacDonald
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099526794
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revolution in the Head written by Ian MacDonald and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As dazzling as the decade they dominated, The Beatles almost single-handedly created pop music as we know it. Today, their songs are cited as seminal influences by stars like Oasis, Blur and Kula Shaker. Eloquently giving voice to their time, The Beatles quite simply changed the world. Fully updated to include material from The Beatles Live at the BBC and the Anthology series, this acclaimed book goes back to the heart of The Beatles - their records. Drawing on a unique resource of knowledge and experience to 'read' their 241 tracks - chronologically from their first amateur efforts in 1957 to 'Real Love', their final 'reunion' recording in 1995 - Ian MacDonald has created an engrossing classic of popular criticism in which the extraordinary songs of The Beatles remain a central and continually surprising presence.

Author : John Lennon
Publisher : Berklee Press
ISBN 13 : 9780634017957
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Songs of John Lennon written by John Lennon and published by Berklee Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Press). An essential guide for all songwriters and Beatles fans, this book explores John Lennon's songwriting genius with a guided tour through 25 of his Beatles-era hits. Author John Stevens explains Lennon's intuitive talent from a technical point of view, through the lens of songwriting's three basic elements: melody, harmony and lyric. He shows how Lennon fashioned songs that were at once politically and socially relevant during the '60s, yet remain ageless and timeless today. Features in-depth musical analysis of: A Hard Day's Night * Ticket to Ride * Norwegian Wood * Strawberry Fields Forever * Come Together * and more. John Stevens is a songwriting professor at Berklee College of Music. For more than 20 years, he has taught "The Music of John Lennon," one of the most popular courses in the Berklee curriculum. "You've got the Beatles' records and the John Lennon records; now with this book, you can have the Owner's Manual. This will tell you how the songs are built and how they work. Good stuff." Marshall Crenshaw, Singer/Songwriter

Author : Brian Hebert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692104798
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blue Notes and Sad Chords written by Brian Hebert and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion volume to the 27 chart topping hits found on the Beatles 1 CD allows you to see, through beautifully rendered and vividly colored Song Maps, how the Four Lads from Liverpool arranged their music, and especially, their brilliant vocal harmonies. Along with each song map are detailed descriptions of the song, back stories, recording and release dates, charting, what was going on in the Beatles' lives, as well as the author's personal reflections and memories. An additional Chord Palettes section uses the idea of an artist's colorful palette applied to sets of chords, to show how the Beatles combined different genres, namely bluesy rock n roll and sentimental pop, in the same songs. Whether you're a long-time baby boomer Beatles fan, a younger newcomer, or somewhere in between, this book will give you an entirely new appreciation for the most amazing band ever. While many books on the Beatles' music are geared towards professionals, this book is for fans and musicians with little or no formal understanding of music theory. By using simple explanations and colorful diagrams and graphics, the basics of harmony and chords are made easy to understand. Also covered: How the Beatles and their music changed over time, their roots in Liverpool's Mersey Beat and in the rich mixture of black and white elements in American popular music, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the British Invasion, and more.

Author : Walter Everett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190949872
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Goes on written by Walter Everett and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a stretch of just seven years, the Beatles recorded hundreds of songs which tower above those of their worthy peers as both the product of cultural leadership and an artistic reflection of their turbulent age, the1960s. Walter Everett and Tim Riley's What Goes On: The Beatles, Their Music, and Their Time blends historical narrative, musicology, and music analysis to tell the full story of the Beatles and how they redefined pop music. The book traces the Beatles' development chronologically, marking the band's involvement with world events such as the Vietnam War, strides in overcoming racial segregation, gender stereotyping, student demonstrations, and the generation gap. It delves deeply into their body of work, introducing the concepts of musical form, instrumentation, harmonic structure, melodic patterns, and rhythmic devices in a way that is accessible to musicians and non-musicians alike. Close readings of specific songs highlight the tensions between imagination and mechanics, songwriting and technology, and through the book's musical examples, listeners will learn how to develop strategies for creating their own rich interpretations of the potential meanings behind their favorite songs. Videos hosted on the book's companion website offer full definitions and performance demonstrations of all musical concepts discussed in the text, and interactive listening guides illustrate track details in real-time listening. The unique multimedia approach of What Goes On reveals just how great this music was in its own time, and why it remains important today as a body of singular achievement.