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Neo-Riemannian Theory and the Analysis of Pop-Rock

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Guy Capuzzo

Music Theory Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 2, 1 October 2004, Pages 177199,
https://doi.org/10.1525/mts.2004.26.2.177
Published: 01 October 2004

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Abstract
This article outlines the use of neo-Riemannian operations (NROs) for the analysis of
certain pop-rock chord progressions whose features invite a transformational approach.
After presenting the NROs used in the paper, I delineate the general features of the
progressions under discussion, distinguish the progressions from the late-Romantic
progressions analyzed with NROs by Richard Cohn, Brian Hyer, Henry Klumpenhouwer,
and David Lewin, and contrast pc parsimony (one or two pcs shared by two triads) with p
parsimony (one or two pitches shared by two triads). I then o er a series of analyses,
which fall into three categories: sequences, progressions with chromatic lines from
graphic or graphic, and a song that combines triads and seventh chords. I close with an
analysis of a complete song.

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