Michael Taft

The Blues Lyric Formula (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first rigourous and detailed exploration of exactly how blues singers use formulas to create songs, and gives a step-by-step description of the rules implicit in this formulaic structure which inspires new discussion of lyric structures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135485993
• Artikelnr.: 39909188

Autorenporträt

Michael Taft

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Defining the Commercial Blues 2. Defining
the Blues Formula 3. Fine Adjustments: Extraformulaic Elements in the Blues
4. The Ties that Bind: Formulas to Lines, Lines to Stanzas, Stanzaes to
Songs 5. Twenty Common Formulas 6. One Singer's Formulaic Tradition: The
Repertoire of Garfield Akers Conclusion: Why is the Blues Formulaic?
Singers and Their Songs References Index

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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Defining the Commercial Blues 2. Defining the Blues Formula 3. Fine Adjustments: Extraformulaic Elements in the Blues 4. The Ties that Bind: Formulas to Lines, Lines to Stanzas, Stanzaes to Songs 5. Twenty Common Formulas 6. One Singer's Formulaic Tradition: The Repertoire of Garfield Akers Conclusion: Why is the Blues Formulaic? Singers and Their Songs References Index