Readings
Basics of popular harmonies:
- Tagg on non-CPT harmony
- Harmony in Pop-Rock Music (focus on each of the sample progressions labeled “schemata”)
- Top40Theory Blog on Pentatonic Scale Use in Pop/Rock
Materials from class
- Handout (from last semester): Cadences and Phrases
- Handout: Common Pop Progressions (supplements Schaffer reading)
Resources