Jim Morrison

8 articles related to Jim Morrison:

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  Music Theory

  Dorian mode in The Doors songs

  The Dorian minor mode is a part of the diatonic system that canonizes the usage of the seven heptatonic scales in...
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  Music Theory

  Peace Frog: the only Doors song featuring Lydian mode

  Peace Frog, released by the Doors on their 1970 album Morrison Hotel, has been met by a near-unanimous approval from...
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  Music Theory

  Mixolydian mode in The Doors songs

  It is no secret that the harmonic structure of a song and its adherence to the canons of musical theory is one of the...
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  SONGWRITER

  Shaman's Blues: quintessential The Doors song refined their most controversial album

  Shaman's Blues was written by Jim Morrison for The Soft Parade, The Doors' fourth studio album released in the summer of...
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  SONGWRITER

  Wishful Sinful: atypical harmony of Robby Krieger

  Wishful Sinful is a song written by Robby Krieger for The Soft Parade released in 1969 by The Doors and considered to be...
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  Choir

  Gershwin's Summertime: the most recorded song draws inspiration from Ukrainian lullaby and African American spiritual

  Written by the American composer George Gershwin in 1934, Summertime aria is now the most recorded song in the history... 3 comments
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  SONGWRITER

  German roots of the Moon of Alabama

  The Alabama Song first appeared in a collection of five poems published by German playwright Bertolt Brecht in 1927,...
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  Classical Guitar

  Asturias by Isaac Albéniz and its life in The Doors interpretation

  Asturias is a famous work by the Spanish composer and pianist Isaac Albéniz. This piece, coming at around six minutes...