In this concise and engaging analysis of rock music, music theorist
Ken Stephenson explores the features that make this internationally
popular music distinct from earlier music styles. The author offers
a guided tour of rock music from the 1950s to the present,
emphasizing the theoretical underpinnings of the style and, for the
first time, systematically focusing not on rock music's history or
sociology, but on the structural aspects of the music itself. What
structures normally happen in rock music? What theoretical systems
or models might best explain them? The book addresses these
questions and more in chapters devoted to phrase rhythm, scales,
key determination, cadences, harmonic palette and succession, and
form. Each chapter provides richly detailed analyses of individual
rock pieces from groups including Chicago; the Beatles; Emerson,
Lake, and Palmer; Kansas; and others. Stephenson shows how rock
music is stylistically unique, and he demonstrates how the features
that make it distinct have tended to remain constant throughout the
past half-century and within most substyles. For music students at
the college level and for practicing rock musicians who desire a
deeper understanding of their music, this book is an essential
resource.
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