[Smt-talk] Tritone subs and the subtonic neighbor

[Donna Doyle]

Perhaps these early/ folk examples are the products of the use of  
natural instruments (as opposed to chromatically valved/keyed).
Often found in bagpipe music are both the lowered seventh and raised  
fourth scale degrees filling in the major pentatonic scale--
resulting in the 'acoustic' or 'lydian-flat 7' scale.  (An NYPD piper  
demonstrated this for me several years ago.)

  Donna Doyle

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On Jun 12, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Nicole Biamonte wrote:

> How broadly are you defining "popular"?  The earliest examples I  
> know are 16th-c. passamezzo antico/romanesca-type patterns, e.g.  
> "Greensleeves."  There are lots of later instances from the Anglo- 
> American folk tradition, such as "Drunken Sailor," "Scarborough  
> Fair," and "She Moved through the Fair" (19th c?).  Another example  
> from 1947 is Burton Lane's "Old Devil Moon."
>
> Nicole Biamonte
> Assistant Professor of Music Theory
> University of Iowa
>
>
> My question: does anyone here know how long the neighboring subtonic  
> has been used in popular music? Feel free to e-mail me privately.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Michael Buchler
>
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> Michael Buchler
> Associate Professor of Music Theory
> Florida State University College of Music
>
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