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Tag: pop music analysis
Lots and Lots of Colored Dots: A Fretboard Explanation of Pop Tonality
Using the guitar fretboard as a template, music theorist Dean Olivet has redesigned harmonic notation in a colorful, intuitive methodology for learning.
On Voice Leading and Tresillo in Troye Sivan & Ariana Grande’s “Dance to This”
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Does Music Theory Still Matter?
Last year, Rihanna’s hit single “Work” started an argument here at Soundfly. We come from…
Breaking Down Beach House’s Stressed Out and Shoegazey New Single, “Dark Spring”
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Is Janelle Monáe’s “Dirty Computer” the New “Purple Rain” or Something Else Entirely?
Welcome to Soundfly Slacks Off, a published team discussion. The following conversation took place among…
The Cleansing: “Dirty Computer” Ushers in a New Era of Janelle Monáe
In the era of Cardi B, Beyoncé, Lena Waithe, Laverne Cox, Tiffany Haddish, and many…
Get Ur Phryg On! Demystifying Timbaland and Missy Elliott’s Famous Beat
Why is the beat to Missy Elliott’s “Get Ur Freak On” so infectious? Maybe it has something to do with the mysterious Phrygian scale mode it’s written in…
Why We’re Still All About Bruno Mars and Cardi B’s “Finesse” Remix
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“Black Panther” Turned Kendrick Lamar into a Superhero Producer
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