By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Transcribe a reduced score of one of the song’s strophic verses
Devise strategies for transcribing harmony that doesn’t have a strong tonic
Define musical qualities that make the song “cinematic”
Continue last week’s discussion on notions of masculinity and genre in Rock music
Song Exploder, Episode 211: Sparks, “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us” (June 16, 2021)
Sparks, “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us,” from Kimono My House (1974)