ABSTRACT In this music-analytic interpretation of two love songs from Prince’s Around the World in a Day album, we investigate the properties of groove, arrangement, and vocality, all of which contribute to the artist’s inimitable signature. With a disciplinary grounding in musicology, we demonstrate ways whereby musical features are associated with meaning in recorded songs. Underlying the approach is the notion that it is in the music where Prince’s ingenuity mainly lies. The analysis is informed by an understanding of the technological ramifications of the process on the part of Prince and his audio engineer Susan Rogers.

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《恰到好处的奇数》：一天两首世界各地情歌中的强迫症、结构和律动

摘要 在对 Prince's Around the World in a Day 专辑中的两首情歌的音乐分析解释中，我们调查了律动、编曲和声乐的特性，所有这些都有助于艺术家的独特签名。凭借音乐学的学科基础，我们展示了音乐特征与录制歌曲中的意义相关联的方式。这种方法的基础是这样一种观念，即普林斯的独创性主要体现在音乐中。普林斯及其音频工程师苏珊·罗杰斯 (Susan Rogers) 对该过程的技术影响的理解为该分析提供了信息。