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Chapter 12 Form in Popular Music

The overall form of a piece of popular music usually can be broken down into smaller 4-, 8-, 12-, or 16-bar sections. The material in this chapter is informed by John Covach’s essay “Form in Rock Music 1 ” from Engaging Music: Essays in Music Analysis (ed. D. Stein).
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