9. Macrostructure

A Music Transcription Method: Notating Recorded Music by Ear
Chapter 9: Macrostructure (pp. 98–110)
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003511946-12

Martin Romberg – Classical Composer, Norway/France
CEO of Raven Music Editions
Company Website: https://www.ravenmusic.org/romberg

Martin is a classical composer and owner of a sheet music publishing company. One of Martin's unique editorial activities is the transcription and reduction of metal music genres for official sheet music editions. The interview excerpt (pp. 101–102) explores the methodology of notating recorded music by ear through a classical lens.

Annotated Links

Introduction to Form in Popular Music – A chapter section in the open-access book Open Music Theory, covering common forms in popular music. https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/chapter/intro-to-form-in-popular-music/

Mixed Meter Examples – Conducting tecnniques and musical examples relevant to mixed meter in music. https://conductit.eu/study-room/technique/technique-4/4-4-beat-patterns-mixed-meters/4-4-1-bernsteins-america/

Complex Meters – This open-access browser-based software application demonstrates different types of complex meters. https://chromatone.center/theory/rhythm/meter/complex/

Featured Music Examples

Brock, Z. D. (2022). Way home [Instrumental]. On Dirty mindz. Secret Fort Publishing. https://open.spotify.com/track/07cpVHhFh4uv2TwOm9pEng

Häberlin, A. (2024). Key West special [Manuscript].

Lanzetti, R. J. (2022). Coney bear [Instrumental], on Empire Central. Bobbylanz Music. https://open.spotify.com/track/7IF6HT1xgH3tpqyxFZZTmq

Turner, E. A. (2022). Everything is fine [Song]. In Ciao bambino the musical [Manuscript].