Example 2. Various melodic notation styles found in The Practice of Popular Music

a. Note names and contour dots with barlines (Taylor Swift, “Out of the Woods” [2014]) (Fig. 3.1, p. 16)


b. Note names and contour dots without barlines (Lizzo, “Good as Hell” [2016]) (Fig. 7.6, p. 47)


c. Rhythms only (The Weeknd, “Save Your Tears” [2020]) (Fig. 6.4, p. 35)


d. Scale-degrees with rhythmic stems (Al Green, “Let’s Stay Together” [1972]) (Fig. 52.2, p. 369)


e. Note names with rhythmic stems (Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” [1991]) (Fig. 17.1, p. 116). (NB: this transcription places the chords twice as slow as they appear in the song.)


f. MIDI-like roll (opening guitar riff to “Smoke on the Water” [1972] by Deep Purple) (Fig. 9.5, p. 64)