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Author(s): Michael Taft
ISBN(s): 9780415974998, 0203959078
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 5.82 MB
Year: 2006
Language: english
SKU: EB-1623568 Category: Tag:

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ISBN 10: 0203959078
ISBN 13: 9780415974998
Author: Michael Taft

This book is the first rigourous and detailed exploration of exactly how blues singers used formulas to create songs, and it more than amply fills the gap in the the study of the blues, where the structure and content of the lyrics have been less fully explored than the musical form. Focusing on the songs recorded by African-American singers for pre-World War Two commercial recording companies, this is an excellent structural analysis of the formulaic composistion of blues lyrics. This book gives a step-by-step description of the rules implicit in this formulaic structure and inspires new discussion of lyric structures. A wide array of readers will find this insightful and informative: from students of African-American music, cultural studies, history and linguistics, to Blues fans fascinated by exactly how the lyrics of this influential music style are written.

The Blues Lyric Formula 1st Table of contents:

  • Defining the Commercial Blues

  • Defining the Blues Formula

  • Fine Adjustments: Extraformulaic Elements in the Blues

    • The Paralinguistic Element (Para)

    • The Exclamatory Element (Ex)

    • The Vocatory Element (Voc)

    • The Locutionary Element (Loc)

    • The Auxiliary Element (Aux)

    • Other Embedding Elements (Embs)

    • The Adjectival Element (Adj) and Adverbial Element (Adv)

    • The Negation Element (Neg)

  • The Ties That Bind: Formulas to Lines, Lines to Stanzas, Stanzas to Songs

    • Formulas to Lines

    • Lines to Stanzas

    • Stanzas to Songs

  • Twenty Common Formulas

  • One Singer’s Formulaic Tradition: The Repertoire of Garfield Akers

    • Cottonfield Blues—Part 1

    • Cottonfield Blues—Part 2

    • Jumpin’ and Shoutin’ Blues

    • Dough Roller Blues

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