Schenker and “The Soar”: Modifying tonal conventions for not-really-tonal music
· by Robin James · in Daniel Barrow, harmony, music theory, pop music, rhhythm, Schenker, Soar, tonal, Ursatz
“Rhythm” and “Harmony” are often offered as contrasting, if not opposed, ways of organizing pieces of music. As the famous diagram attests, Western music uses harmony (chords) as its way of organizing pieces of music: all you need to start…
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