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HeatherL

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HeatherL
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Heather
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Laurel
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CCNY and NYU
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Schenkerian Analysis, Rock Analysis, Chromaticism, Feminist Music Theory, Women Composers, Seventeenth-Century Music
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  • Hi All, I'm in agreement with most here: shorter papers and many of the other suggestions. Although I've been invited to participate as part of special sessions, I've never had a paper accepted blindly by an SMT program committee (I've probably subm…
    in Inclusion vs. Exclusion at SMT Comment by Heather Laurel April 2017
  • NM wrote: " You rightly describe m. 24-25 as introducing the "E♭/E♮ thing". But there, the chromatic movement is E♭–E♮–F, while in m. 26-27 it is F–E♮–E♭..."  Yes, that was my point! Sorry if I wasn't more clear. As for the hearing/seeing thing, I'm…
    in Brahms progression Comment by Heather Laurel September 2014
  • P.S., Apologies for mixing up capital and lower case roman numerals above, I didn't commit to one way or another while typing my comments. You get the point, though! --HL
    in Brahms progression Comment by Heather Laurel September 2014
  • I am not in any way fluent in German, I used a dictionary, my knowledge of some of Schenker's terms, and the music to guide me through the passage. Just to be clear! But I think Schenker was making a point about chromaticism and tonicization/modulat…
    in Brahms progression Comment by Heather Laurel September 2014
  • Bryan, I see. I wasn't discussing prolongation or anything, I was just saying that I can't hear that chord as a vi7, since I hear the passage in Bb minor, so I wouldn't label it that way. (Schenker didn't either; he analyzes those measures in B-flat…
    in Brahms progression Comment by Heather Laurel September 2014
  • Bryan, Are you looking for examples if interrupted/unresolved augmented sixth chords? Because I don't hear the second chord in m. 27 as a vi7 chord. I hear it as an extension of the augmented sixth chord, just unresolved because the E-natural goes t…
    in Brahms progression Comment by Heather Laurel September 2014