Formal segmentation and harmonic pentatonicism in Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

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https://doi.org/10.33871/23179937.2022.10.2.6729

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Beatles, Rock, Musical Forms, Harmony, Musical Analisys

Abstract

This paper is an analysis of the musical form and harmonic progressions on “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”, first track of the album with same name, and its Reprise that occurs on track 12. In the formal analysis, concepts from the theory of formal functions developed by William Caplin for the classical repertoire and adapted for the analysis of Rock by Drew Nobile will be used. Both tracks will first be considered separately, but then analyzed as a unique song. In the harmonic analysis, concepts of triadic pentatonic patterns developed by Walter Everett and Nicole Biamonte will be used.

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Ciro Visconti, Faculdade Santa Marcelina

Ciro Visconti é Doutor na área de Musicologia (USP, 2020), tendo realizado parte do curso na CUNY como bolsista do programa Fulbright sob a orientação do Prof. Doutor Joseph Straus. Mestre em Processos de Criação Musical (USP, 2014). Bacharel em Guitarra (FMCG - 2003). É coordenador pedagógico e professor do Conservatório Souza Lima. e do Curso de Pós-Graduação em Rock: Teoria, História e Prática da Faculdade Santa Marcelina, o primeiro curso de especialização nesse gênero do Brasil. Tem dois livros publicados: Guitar Player Brasil Série Estudo (Editora Melody, 2011) e Simetria nos Estudos Para Violão de Villa-Lobos, (Paco, 2016).

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Published

2022-09-29

How to Cite

Visconti, C. (2022). Formal segmentation and harmonic pentatonicism in Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Vortex Music Journal, 10(2), 1–30. https://doi.org/10.33871/23179937.2022.10.2.6729

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022): Vortex Music Journal

Section

Dossier “55 years of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”

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