Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Why This Study?
?1 How a Musical Lens Can Inform SWF Narratives
1 Feminism and Women's Music: Definitions, Context, and Terms
?1 Intersectionality
?2 Background
?3 Context
?4 Abbreviations
2 Considerations: Epistemology, Feminist Criteria, Gender and Pop
?1 Epistemology and Feminist Art Criteria
?2 A Case for more Musical, Lyrical (Semiotic) Scholarship: Gender and Pop
3 Music as Social, Personal, and Political
4 Analysis Process: Limitations, the Songwriters, and the Songs
?1 A Note on Process
?2 Limitations and Assumptions
?3 The Songwriters
?4 The Songs
5 Meg Christian's "Valentine Song"
?1 Rhythm (Foundational Rhythm, Time Signature, Tempo, Delay, Anticipation, Repetition)
?2 Melodic and Harmonic Features (Key Signature, Vocal Range, Homophony, Polyphony, Texture)
?3 Form and Style (Variation, Unity, Repetition)
?4 Dynamics
?5 Musical Example
?6 Timbre (Color, Tone, Inflection)
?7 Lyrics
?8 Valentine Song (Meg Christian) Guitar Capo 1st Fret (actual key-Ab)
?9 "Valentine Song" Conclusion
6 Ferron's "Ain't Life a Brook"
?1 Rhythm (Foundational Rhythm, Time Signature, Tempo, Delay, Anticipation, Repetition)
?2 Musical Example
?3 Melodic and Harmonic Features (Key Signature, Vocal Range, Homophony, Polyphony, Texture)
?4 Form and Style (Variation, Unity, Repetition)
?5 Dynamics
?6 Timbre (Color, Tone, Inflection)
?7 Lyrics
?8 Ain't Life a Brook (Ferron) Guitar Capo 7th Fret (Actual Key-D)
?9 "Ain't Life a Brook" Conclusion
7 Cris Williamson's "Sister"
?1 Rhythm (Foundational Rhythm, Time Signature, Tempo, Delay, Anticipation, Repetition)
?2 Melodic and Harmonic Features (Key Signature, Vocal Range, Homophony, Polyphony, Texture)
?3 Form and Style (Variation, Unity, Repetition)
?4 Dynamics
?5 Musical Example
?6 Timbre (Color, Tone, Inflection)
?7 Lyrics
?8 Sister (Cris Williamson) Original Key-C (for Piano or Guitar)
?9 "Sister" Conclusion
8 Holly Near's "Riverboat"
?1 A Note on Inclusion: Why Near?
?2 Rhythm (Foundational Rhythm, Time Signature, Tempo, Delay, Anticipation, Repetition)
?3 Melodic and Harmonic Features (Key Signature, Vocal Range, Homophony, Polyphony, Texture)
?4 Form and Style (Variation, Unity, Repetition)
?5 Dynamics
?6 Timbre (Color, Tone, Inflection)
?7 Musical Example
?8 Lyrics
?9 Riverboat (Holly Near) Original Key-D (for Piano or Guitar)
?10 "Riverboat" Conclusion
9 Linda Tillery's "Womanly Way"
?1 Rhythm (Foundational Rhythm, Time Signature, Tempo, Delay, Anticipation, Repetition)
?2 Musical Example
?3 Musical Example
?4 Musical Example
?5 Melodic and Harmonic Features (Key Signature, Vocal Range, Homophony, Polyphony, Texture)
?6 Form and Style (Variation, Unity, Repetition)
?7 Dynamics
?8 Timbre (Color, Tone, Inflection)
?9 Lyrics
?10 Womanly Way (Linda Tillery) Original Key-Bb (for Piano or Guitar)
?11 "Womanly Way" Conclusion
10 Women's Music Movement Conclusion
References
Index
