The Blues Lyric Formula

ISBN-13: 9781138145788 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 376 str.

Michael Taft

Opis

This book is the first rigourous and detailed exploration of exactly how blues singers use formulas to create songs, and gives a step-by-step description of the rules implicit in this formulaic structure which inspires new discussion of lyric structures.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements  Introduction  1. Defining the Commercial Blues  2. Defining the Blues Formula  3. Fine Adjustments: Extraformulaic Elements in the Blues  4. The Ties that Bind: Formulas to Lines, Lines to Stanzas, Stanzaes to Songs  5. Twenty Common Formulas  6. One Singer's Formulaic Tradition: The Repertoire of Garfield Akers  Conclusion: Why is the Blues Formulaic?  Singers and Their Songs  References  Index

O autorze

Michael Taft