APPENDIX B: 20TH CENTURY POPULAR MUSIC

The purpose of this appendix is to describe some of the main trends in 20th century popular music harmony and to link these to the theory of syntactic structures as described in the rest of this website and book outline.

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Introduction

A Simple Tonal Example - 'The Three Chord Trick'

The Blues Progression

Modal and 'Blues-modal' Harmony

 

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