SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V is the open-access, peer-reviewed video journal of the Society for Music Theory. Founded in 2014, SMT-V publishes video essays that showcase research in music theory in a dynamic, audiovisual format, presented so as to have the potential to engage both specialists within the field as well as interested viewers outside the music theory community. The journal features a supportive and collaborative production process, and publishes three to five videos per year. You can find the journal's website at www/smt-v.org. SMT-V’s ISSN is 2689-5471.

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SMT-V 12.2 "Optimize This! Why Do We Care If an AI Can Write Songs?"

SMT-V 12.2 "Optimize This! Why Do We Care If an AI Can Write Songs?" SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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Calligraphic Listening

Calligraphic Listening SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 11.6 "Reconstructing a Nineteenth-Century Fantasy: Between Model Composition and Reimagini...

SMT-V 11.6 "Reconstructing a Nineteenth-Century Fantasy: Between Model Composition and Reimagini... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 11.5: Between Art & Science: Amy Beach's Hermit Thrush at Eve & Early Birdsong Transcription

SMT-V 11.5: Between Art & Science: Amy Beach's Hermit Thrush at Eve & Early Birdsong Transcription SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

239 views - 6 months ago

SMT-V 11.4 Trailer: "Improvising the Changes in a Miles Davis Rhythm Section," by Ben Geyer

SMT-V 11.4 Trailer: "Improvising the Changes in a Miles Davis Rhythm Section," by Ben Geyer SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 11.3 "Tessellated Tonics: Zuckerkandl's Toy for Music Fundamentals" by Daphne Tan

SMT-V 11.3 "Tessellated Tonics: Zuckerkandl's Toy for Music Fundamentals" by Daphne Tan SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

216 views - 11 months ago

SMT-V 11.2 Trailer: Derek J. Myler, "'Why Can't I Just Do It Straightaway?"

SMT-V 11.2 Trailer: Derek J. Myler, "'Why Can't I Just Do It Straightaway?" SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 11.1 "Music as Movement in Signed Song: Analyzing Rosa Lee Timm's 'River Song'," Anabel Maler

SMT-V 11.1 "Music as Movement in Signed Song: Analyzing Rosa Lee Timm's 'River Song'," Anabel Maler SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 10.6 - Japanese Tetrachordal Theory in Settings Old and New - Liam Hynes-Tawa

SMT-V 10.6 - Japanese Tetrachordal Theory in Settings Old and New - Liam Hynes-Tawa SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 10.5 "Whole-Tone Collections and Temporal Dislocation in Film Music," by Zachary Cairns

SMT-V 10.5 "Whole-Tone Collections and Temporal Dislocation in Film Music," by Zachary Cairns SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 10.4 "Simultaneous Distinct Headbanging Patterns in Heavy Metal," by Guy Capuzzo

SMT-V 10.4 "Simultaneous Distinct Headbanging Patterns in Heavy Metal," by Guy Capuzzo SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 10.3 "Directionality in Twelve-Tone Composition," by Christoph Neidhöfer

SMT-V 10.3 "Directionality in Twelve-Tone Composition," by Christoph Neidhöfer SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 10.2 "Dual Leading-Tone Loops in Recent Television Dramas," by Brad Osborn

SMT-V 10.2 "Dual Leading-Tone Loops in Recent Television Dramas," by Brad Osborn SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 10.1 "Best Laid Plans . . . and Others: An 18th-Century Compositional Outline"

SMT-V 10.1 "Best Laid Plans . . . and Others: An 18th-Century Compositional Outline" SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 05.5 Matthew E. Ferrandino and Brad Osborn "Seeing Stories, Hearing Stories in Narrative M...

SMT-V 05.5 Matthew E. Ferrandino and Brad Osborn "Seeing Stories, Hearing Stories in Narrative M... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 01.3: Edward Klorman, "Multiple Agency in Mozart's Chamber Music"

SMT-V 01.3: Edward Klorman, "Multiple Agency in Mozart's Chamber Music" SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

433 views - 2 years ago

SMT-V 09.6 "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: A New Model for Sound-Alike Tunes," by Jeremy Orosz

SMT-V 09.6 "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: A New Model for Sound-Alike Tunes," by Jeremy Orosz SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 08.5 "Flat 2 as Hotness in Post-Millennial Pop," by Eron F. S.

SMT-V 08.5 "Flat 2 as Hotness in Post-Millennial Pop," by Eron F. S. SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

569 views - 2 years ago

SMT-V 04.3 Carmel Raz, "Anne Young’s Introduction to Music (1803): Pedagogical, Speculative, and...

SMT-V 04.3 Carmel Raz, "Anne Young’s Introduction to Music (1803): Pedagogical, Speculative, and... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 03.2: J. Daniel Jenkins, "Schoenberg’s ‘Advice for Beginners in Composition with Twelve To...

SMT-V 03.2: J. Daniel Jenkins, "Schoenberg’s ‘Advice for Beginners in Composition with Twelve To... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 09.5 "Poetry and Musical Organization in JIA Guoping's The Wind Sounds in the Sky (2002),"...

SMT-V 09.5 "Poetry and Musical Organization in JIA Guoping's The Wind Sounds in the Sky (2002),"... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

166 views - 2 years ago

SMT-V 04.1: Christopher Doll, “Was it Diegetic, or Just a Dream? Music's Paradoxical Place in th...

SMT-V 04.1: Christopher Doll, “Was it Diegetic, or Just a Dream? Music's Paradoxical Place in th... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

261 views - 2 years ago

SMT-V 09.4 "Variations on a Theme by K. K. Slider: Memory and Play in Animal Crossing: New Horiz...

SMT-V 09.4 "Variations on a Theme by K. K. Slider: Memory and Play in Animal Crossing: New Horiz... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 08.4 "Appropriating Copland's Fanfare," by Stanley V. Kleppinger

SMT-V 08.4 "Appropriating Copland's Fanfare," by Stanley V. Kleppinger SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 08.6 "When Hip-Hop Accents Collide (They Create Syncopation)," by Ben Duinker

SMT-V 08.6 "When Hip-Hop Accents Collide (They Create Syncopation)," by Ben Duinker SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 07.5 "Understanding Turkish Classical Makam," by Adem Merter Birson

SMT-V 07.5 "Understanding Turkish Classical Makam," by Adem Merter Birson SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 06.3 "Discovering Essential Voices," by Daniel Ketter

SMT-V 06.3 "Discovering Essential Voices," by Daniel Ketter SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 05.2 Joshua Banks Mailman, "Babbitt’s Beguiling Surfaces, Improvised Inside; Part II: Dive...

SMT-V 05.2 Joshua Banks Mailman, "Babbitt’s Beguiling Surfaces, Improvised Inside; Part II: Dive... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 05.3 Joshua Banks Mailman, "Babbitt’s Beguiling Surfaces, Improvised Inside; Part III: Opp...

SMT-V 05.3 Joshua Banks Mailman, "Babbitt’s Beguiling Surfaces, Improvised Inside; Part III: Opp... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 05.1 Joshua Banks Mailman, "Babbitt’s Beguiling Surfaces, Improvised Inside; Part I: Freed...

SMT-V 05.1 Joshua Banks Mailman, "Babbitt’s Beguiling Surfaces, Improvised Inside; Part I: Freed... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

115 views - 2 years ago

SMT-V 07.6 "'Oops!...I Did It Again': The Complement Chorus in Britney Spears, The Backstreet Bo...

SMT-V 07.6 "'Oops!...I Did It Again': The Complement Chorus in Britney Spears, The Backstreet Bo... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 01.2: Peter Schubert, "Contrapuntal Thinking in Haydn"

SMT-V 01.2: Peter Schubert, "Contrapuntal Thinking in Haydn" SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 09.3 "Interactions between Music and Dance in Two Musical Theatre Tap Breaks," by Rachel ...

SMT-V 09.3 "Interactions between Music and Dance in Two Musical Theatre Tap Breaks," by Rachel ... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 02.2: Steven Reale, "Variations on a Theme by a Rogue A.I.: Music, Gameplay, and Storytell...

SMT-V 02.2: Steven Reale, "Variations on a Theme by a Rogue A.I.: Music, Gameplay, and Storytell... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 02.3: Steven Reale, “Variations on a Theme by a Rogue A.I.: Music, Gameplay, and Storytell...

SMT-V 02.3: Steven Reale, “Variations on a Theme by a Rogue A.I.: Music, Gameplay, and Storytell... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 07.3 Orit Hilewicz & Stephen Sewell, "A Film Scene for Schoenberg’s Begleitungsmusik zu ei...

SMT-V 07.3 Orit Hilewicz & Stephen Sewell, "A Film Scene for Schoenberg’s Begleitungsmusik zu ei... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMTV 8.1 Noriko Manabe Abe Road: Kuwata Keisuke's Beatles Parody アベーロード：桑田佳祐によるビートルズのパロディ (解説：真鍋乃理子）

SMTV 8.1 Noriko Manabe Abe Road: Kuwata Keisuke's Beatles Parody アベーロード：桑田佳祐によるビートルズのパロディ (解説：真鍋乃理子） SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

589 views - 2 years ago

SMT-V 08.2 Scott Murphy "Clara Schumann's Op. 16 no. 3 and 'Fifth Above, Third Below': Discernin...

SMT-V 08.2 Scott Murphy "Clara Schumann's Op. 16 no. 3 and 'Fifth Above, Third Below': Discernin... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 05.4: Scott Murphy, “'Fifth Above, Third Below': Discerning Canonic Potential"

SMT-V 05.4: Scott Murphy, “'Fifth Above, Third Below': Discerning Canonic Potential" SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

202 views - 3 years ago

SMT-V 07.4, "I Don’t Care if I Never Get Back: Optimism and Ascent in 'Take Me Out To The Ball G...

SMT-V 07.4, "I Don’t Care if I Never Get Back: Optimism and Ascent in 'Take Me Out To The Ball G... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

247 views - 3 years ago

SMT-V 03.3. Stephen Rodgers, "Music, Poetry, and Performance in a Song by Maria Schneider"

SMT-V 03.3. Stephen Rodgers, "Music, Poetry, and Performance in a Song by Maria Schneider" SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 09.2 "Algorithmic Remixes," by Christine Boone

SMT-V 09.2 "Algorithmic Remixes," by Christine Boone SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

188 views - 3 years ago

SMT-V 04.2 Carmel Raz, "Anne Young’s Musical Games (1801): Music Theory, Gender, and Game Design"

SMT-V 04.2 Carmel Raz, "Anne Young’s Musical Games (1801): Music Theory, Gender, and Game Design" SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

249 views - 3 years ago

SMT-V 06.1 Cecilia Oinas "Sensitivity, Intimacy, and Bodily Interaction in Kurtág's Four-Handed ...

SMT-V 06.1 Cecilia Oinas "Sensitivity, Intimacy, and Bodily Interaction in Kurtág's Four-Handed ... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 08.3 "The Feel of the Guitar in Popular Music Performance," by Nicholas Shea

SMT-V 08.3 "The Feel of the Guitar in Popular Music Performance," by Nicholas Shea SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

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SMT-V 02.1: Harald Krebs, "The Influence of Clara Schumann’s Lieder on Declamation in Robert Sch...

SMT-V 02.1: Harald Krebs, "The Influence of Clara Schumann’s Lieder on Declamation in Robert Sch... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

162 views - 3 years ago

SMT-V 07.1 "Music Appreciation Through Animation: "Percy Scholes's 'AudioGraphic' Piano Rolls," ...

SMT-V 07.1 "Music Appreciation Through Animation: "Percy Scholes's 'AudioGraphic' Piano Rolls," ... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

211 views - 3 years ago

SMT-V 03.1: L. Poundie Burstein & Quynh Nguyen, "Parenthetic Aside in a 1789 Analysis of Mozart...

SMT-V 03.1: L. Poundie Burstein & Quynh Nguyen, "Parenthetic Aside in a 1789 Analysis of Mozart... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

384 views - 3 years ago

SMT-V 09.1 "'We are dancing, We are flying': The Feeling of Flight in Dance Scenes from Recent P...

SMT-V 09.1 "'We are dancing, We are flying': The Feeling of Flight in Dance Scenes from Recent P... SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

311 views - 3 years ago

SMT-V 06.2 "Detour or Bridge" (2020) by Brian Jarvis & John Peterson

SMT-V 06.2 "Detour or Bridge" (2020) by Brian Jarvis & John Peterson SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

87 views - 4 years ago

SMT-V 06.4 "The Dance Chorus in Recent Top-40 Music," by Alyssa Barna

SMT-V 06.4 "The Dance Chorus in Recent Top-40 Music," by Alyssa Barna SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

614 views - 4 years ago

SMT-V 07.2 "Dance as Music in George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco," by Kara Yoo Leaman

SMT-V 07.2 "Dance as Music in George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco," by Kara Yoo Leaman SMT-V: The Society for Music Theory Video Journal

381 views - 4 years ago