Nicholas J. Shea

Works Surveyed

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Songs, form, and harmonic patterning of Biamonte Modal Corpus

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Form:

 

I = Introduction
V = Verse
C = Chorus
S = Solo

Sp = Strophe
R = Refrain
Ie = Interlude
B = Bridge
P = Prechorus
Z = Postchorus
St = Statement
Re = Restatement
De = Departure
Co = Conclusion

 

Harmonic patterns:

 

Pentatonic 1: (1 flat-3 4 5 flat-7)

Pentatonic 3: (1 2 4 5 flat-7)

Pentatonic 4: (1 flat-3 5 flat-6 flat-7)

Pentatonic 1/4 subsets: (1 flat-3 5 flat-7)

Pentatonic 4 subsets: (1 flat-3 4 flat-6), (1 4 flat-6 flat-7)
no [1-7] = scale degree not included in representative passage

 

Format:

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Artist
Song
Form
Harmonic pattern

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ACDC

Back In Black

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 C3 B C4 O

double plagal, pentatonic 1

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Aerosmith

Dream On

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 C3 B C4 O

aeolian

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Alice Cooper

Elected

I V1 V2 C1 V3 C2 B V4 C3 O

aeolian-dorian no 6

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Alice Cooper

I'm Eighteen

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 V3 C3 O

aeolian

 

Black Sabbath

Paranoid

I V1 V2 R V3 S1 V4 V5 O

aeolian

 

Bon Jovi

Livin on a Prayer

I V1 P1 C1 V1 P2 C2 S1 P3 C3 O

aeolian, pentatonic 1-4

 

Bon Jovi

Wanted

I V1 C1 Ie1 V2 C2 Ie2 S1 C3 V3 C4 Ie/O

pentatonic 1-4

 

Cream

Sunshine of Your Love

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 V3 C3

pentatonic 1-4

 

David Bowie

Suffragette City

I V1 V2 C1 V3 C2 S1 C3 C4 O

aeolian no 3

 

Deep Purple

Child in Time

I V1 C1 S1 S2 S3 S4 V1 C2 O

aeolian

 

Deep Purple

Hush

I Ie1 V1 Ie2 C1 Z1 V2 Ie3 C2 Z2 S1 O

pentatonic 4

 

ELO

Don't Bring Me Down

I V1 V2 C1 V3 V4 C2 Ie1 V5 O

pentatonic 1-4

 

Eric Clapton

Let it Grow

V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 S2 V3 C3

aeolian no 2

 

Golden Earring

Radar Love

I Ie1 V1 P1 C1 Ie1 V2 P2 C29 B17 S1 B2 Ie3 V3 C3 O

aeolian no 2

 

G. F. Railroad

We're An American Band

I V1 P1 C1 V2 P2 C2 S1 C3 O

aeolian

 

Guns n Roses

Sweet Child O Mine

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 C3 S2 S3 B6 O

double-plagal

 

Heart

Barracuda

I V1 C1 Z1 V2 C2 Z2 B1 S1 C3 S2 O

aeolian no 5

 

Heart

Crazy on You

I V1 P1 C1 V2 P2 C2 B1 C3 V3 C4 S1 B2 C5

aeolian

 

Iron Maiden

Number of the Beast

I V1 V2 Ie1 V3 C1 V4 C2 S1 S2 Ie3 S3 Ie4 V5 C3 V6 O

aeolian no 2

 

Jimi Hendrix

Voodoo Child

I I2 Sp1 R1 S1 Sp2 R2 S2 O

aeolian

 

JJ Cale

Cocaine

I Sp1 R1 Ie1 Sp2 R2 Ie2 S1 Sp3 R3 O

mixolydian

 

J. C. Mellencamp

ROCK in the USA

I V1 C1 V2 S1 V3 C2 O

double-plagal

 

Kansas

Carry On My Wayward Son

I I2 V1 V2 C1 Z1 V3 V4 C2 Ie1 S1 Ie2 S2 Ie3 P1 C3 Ie4 S3 Ie5 O

aeolian

 

Led Zeppelin

Communication Breakdown

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 C3 O1

double-plagal

 

Led Zeppelin

Immigrant Song

I V1 C1 V2 Ie1 V3 C2 Z1 O

locrian, no b2 or b6

 

Led Zeppelin

Stairway to Heaven

I V1 R1 V2 Ie1 R2 V3 R3 V4 R4 V5 R5 V6 R6 V7 O

aeolian

 

Mountain

Mississippi Queen

I S1 R1 S2 R2 S1 R3 O

pentatonic 1

 

Nirvana

Smells Like Teen Spirit

I V1 P1 C1 Z1 V2 P2 C2 Z2 S1 V3 P3 C3 O

pentatonic 1-4

 

Patti Smith

Because the Night

I V1 P1 C1 V2 P2 C2 S1 B1 P3 C3 O

aeolian

 

Pink Floyd

Another Brick in the Wall, pt. 2

V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 O

dorian

 

Queen

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

I S1 R1 S2 R2 B1 S3 R3 S1 S4 R4 S5 R5 O

pentatonic 1-4

 

REM

The One I Love

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 V3 C3 O

aeolian

 

Romantics

What I Like About You

I V1 C1 V2 C2 B1 S1 V3 C3 O

double-plagal

 

Rush

Jacobs Ladder

I V1 Ie1 S1 S2 S3 Ie2 Ie3 Ie4 Ie5 O

phrygian, no 5

 

Scorpions

No One Like You

I V1 C1 V2 C2 O

aeolian

 

Scorpions

Rock You Like a Hurricane

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 V3 C3 O

pentatonic 4

 

Sex Pistols

I'm Not Your Stepping Stone

I R1 S1 R2 S2 R3 Ie1 R4 S3 R5 O

pentatonic 4 subsets

 

Steppenwolf

Born to be Wild

I V1 P1 V2 P2 C1 S1 V3 P3 C23 O

mixolydian

 

Styx

Renegade

V1 V2 C1 V3 C2 S1 B1 V4 C3 O

dorian

 

Talking Heads

And She Was

I V1 P1 C1 Z1 V2 P2 C2 B V3 P3 C3 O

double-plagal

 

The Beatles

Everybody's Got Something To Hide

I S1 R1 S2 R2 S3 R3 O

pentatonic 1

 

The Beatles

Here Comes the Sun

I C1 V1 C2 V2 C3 B V3 C4 C5 O

pentatonic 1

 

The Beatles

Hey Jude

V1 V2 C1 V3 C2 V4 O

double-plagal

 

The Beatles

Taxman

I Sp1 R1 Sp2 R2 Sp3 R3 S1 R4 Sp3 R5 Sp5 R6 S2

double-plagal

 

The Beatles

With a Little Help From My Friends

I V1 C1 V2 C2 B1 V3 C3 B2 C3

double-plagal

 

The Doors

Break on Through

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 B V3 C3 S2 V4 C4 O

Aeolian

 

The Doors

Love Me Two Times

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 Ie1 V3 C3 V4 C4 O

hexatonic aeolian no 2

 

The Doors

Riders on the Storm

I V1 V2 S1 V3 S2 Ie1 V4 S3 O9

dorian

 

The Kinks

Lola

I St1 Re1 De1 Co1 B St2 De2 Co2 O

double-plagal

 

The Knack

My Sharona

I V1 P1 C1 V2 P2 C2 S1 Ie1 V3 P3 C3 S2 O

pentatonic 4

 

The Moody Blues

Nights in White Satin

I V1 V2 C1 V3 V4 C2 S1 V5 V6 C3 O

phrygian, no 5

 

The Pretenders

Middle of the Road

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 B5 V3 C3 S2 O

pentatonic 1

 

The Rolling Stones

Brown Sugar

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 C3 V3 C4 O

hexatonic aeolian no 2

 

The Rolling Stones

Gimme Shelter

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 B V3 C3 O3

aeolian

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The Rolling Stones

Not Fade Away

I Sp1 R1 Sp2 R2 So1 Sp3 R3

double-plagal

 

S. Davis Group

Gimme Some Lovin

I V1 C1 Ie1 V2 C2 Ie2 V3 C3 O

pentatonic 1-4

 

The Who

Love Ain't For Keepin

I V1 C1 V2 C2 S1 C3 O

pentatonic 1-4

 

The Who

See Me, Feel Me

C1 V1 V2 V3

hexatonic aeolian no 2

 

ZZ Top

Sharp Dressed Man

I Sp1 R1 Sp2 R2 S1 Ie1 Sp3 R3 S2 O

double-plagal