What Does Donna Lee Mean? - Institutionen för musikvetenskap ...

Table of contents
ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................. 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................................ 4
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 1
Objective and method ................................................................................................ 2
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND ....................................................................................... 3
Analytic discourse as a metalanguage ...................................................................... 3
What is musical meaning?......................................................................................... 3
The semiological tripartition ..................................................................................... 3
POIETIC ANALYSIS............................................................................................................. 5
A brief history of the electric bass (Bass before Jaco)............................................. 5
Monk Montgomery..................................................................................................... 6
James Jamerson.......................................................................................................... 6
Further musical developments: Rock and Funk ..................................................... 7
Rocco Prestia............................................................................................................... 9
The status of the electric bass.................................................................................. 10
The motivations behind Donna Lee ........................................................................ 10
Conclusion................................................................................................................. 12
NEUTRAL ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................ 13
Neutrality doesn’t mean objectivity........................................................................ 13
Bebop style ................................................................................................................ 13
(a) Extension of the duration of chords...................................................... 14