Search for dissertations about: "rock music"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words rock music.
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1. Can you hear what they´re playing? : a study of strategies among ear players in rock music
Abstract : The purpose of this study was to describe and explain strategies used by ear players to hear and play chord progressions when playing unfamiliar rock songs. To this end, three rock songs were written and recorded especially for the study. READ MORE
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2. Religion, rock och pluralism : En religionssociologisk studie av kristen diskurs om rockmusik
Abstract : Rock music has during all of its almost 50 years of existence been the subject of criticism and debate. Much of this criticism has risen from religious circles. But also in these circles, rock music has its advocates. This thesis studies the reactions to rock music by spokespersons for institutional Christianity. READ MORE
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3. Shaping the Meaning of Chinese Music Subcultures
Abstract : This thesis focuses on the meaning of Chinese music subcultures, includingChinese metal, rap, rock, and punk styles; and how is the meaning shaped by Chinese participants in the Chinese context, which is represented by the context of Beijing. This project is motivated by addressing the gaps that exist between dominant Anglo-American subcultural theories and explaining contemporary Chinese individuals’ practices. READ MORE
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4. Making music work : Culturing youth in an institutional setting
Abstract : This thesis is based on two years of participant observation in a municipal youth club in a Swedish city suburb. In focus is a group of 14-19 year old boys and their relations to peers and to the staff of the club. READ MORE
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5. Music and risk in an existential and gendered world
Abstract : Adolescents in Western society often expose themselves to high levels of sound at gyms, rock concerts, discotheques etc. These behaviours are as threatening to young people’s health as more traditional risk behaviours. READ MORE