Analysing popular music: theory, method and practice

Abstract

Important prefaceI wrote this article a long time ago (1981)

Entre El Capital Cultural Y El Capital Monetario: La Economía en La Música Clásica Contemporánea

“…De las cuatro ramas de la sociomusicología contemporánea identificadas por Philip Tagg, asumimos, en esta ocasión, las dos que se vinculan con el significado social de la música (Tagg, 1982) y con el proceso comercial e industrial (Philo & Miller, 2010). Las aportaciones de Jacques Attali, finalmente, son fundamentales en nuestro propio ejercicio de relectura de la música como objeto de consumo:…”

Pop Music Rivalry in Indonesia: Past, Present and Future Trends

“…Tagg (1982) argues that popular music cannot be analyzed using only the traditional tools of musicology since popular music, is conceived for mass distribution to large and often socio-culturally heterogeneous groups of listeners; stored and distributed in non-written form; only possible in an industrial monetary economy where it becomes a commodity and; in capitalist society, subject to the laws of 'free' enterprise, according to which it should ideally sell as much as possible of as little as possible to as many as possible [13].…”

“…Even though Tagg (1982) argued with such statements, formerly, Boyle (1981) examined students' preferences in popular music. He compared responses of students in grades five, seven, nine, eleven, and college, as well as responses of students with different experience and background characteristics.…”

Topographic EEG Changes Accompanying Cannabis-Induced Alteration of Music Perception— Cannabis as a Hearing Aid?

“…Score analysis to explain varieties of music experience has been questioned from the stance of situated performing and listening (Small 1998;Tagg 1982). Attending a concert or listening to music on the radio, adds the contextual dimension of personal experience in an ongoing situation onto perceptual processes (Buytendijk 1967;Hall 1996).…”