MUSI 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Art Music, Low Culture, Chord Progression
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Perception of standardisation is based on perception of music as a product. Popular music is a product bought and sold. Culture is produced to be bought and sold. This has become so widespread that it brought a standardization of the products. Consumers that began to feel indifferent to the products they were being sold. 3) the beginning of the chorus can be replaceable by a number of other chorus"s. similar lyrics themes, instrumentation, chord progression with each song. Genres discussed in article are listened to during 20"s to 40"s. A lot of these genres were beginning to be standardized. For example a pop songs that relies on a standard chords but changes the melody or the lyrics. The structure of the songs is the same. Beethoven, bach etc adorno contrasted this with popular. This type of comparison is still ongoing today. , adorno said this type was less standardised.