[Smt-talk] equal division of the octave in pop songs

Brad Osborn webpine brad06 at u.washington.edu
Sat Aug 28 20:50:07 PDT 2010


I am certainly not the first to point this out, but it is worth noting that
the chromatic major third relations in "Giant Steps" cycle through through a
full octave.

Brad

Brad Osborn, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music Theory
Department of Music
Rhodes College
2000 North Parkway
Memphis, TN 38112
BradThomasOsborn at gmail.com


On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 6:25 PM, <arne0102 at umn.edu> wrote:

>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm looking for examples of popular songs (any genre) that employ equal
> division of the octave.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark Arneson
> University of Minnesota
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