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In this lecture, Anna Vilenskaya talks about the rather complex internal processes in Zemfira's music: how she builds song sections, what chords she chooses, what sensations she creates in us with unexpected glitches within one piece. The lecture is suitable for both beginners and professionals: we will discuss squareness and non-squareness, modulations and syncopations. But most importantly, we will reflect on the feelings from listening to Zemfira's songs. Anna Vilenskaya drew and narrated, filmed and edited by the Alexandrinsky Theatre team, for which we are very grateful. It is especially heartwarming that in this film-lecture your faces are visible - emotions, reactions, thoughts. Google form, thanks to which I will come to your city: https://shorturl.at/7gR40 My Instagram: / vilenskaya.a Course for lecturers: https://annavilenskaya.com Course on music theory: https://pimaschool.ru/music_theory1/ My course in the Suffering Middle Ages: https://stradarium.ru/music 0:00 - Signs of a good and bad lecture: what to talk about in Zemfira's music? 6:23 - About the perception of any music 11:02 - How to make the listener worry 18:09 - Squareness: the norm for rock music 22:21 - Non-squareness 24:33 - "Let's leave it like this": what's with the non-squareness? 33:23 - "Sunday": what about here? 36:50 — “No Chance”: syncopations 40:06 — “Who”: how to achieve a feeling of hysteria, breathing failure 44:09 — “It’s Snowing”: artificial deficiency of the tonic 51:17 — “Don’t Let Go”: changing the key 58:39 — “Money”: unusual chord 1:02:25 — “I Was Looking”: song structure 1:07:50 — “Thank You”: lack of catharsis 1:11:59 — “Blues”: a bass note that changed the movement of the music 1:17:00 — “London”: endless verse 1:19:52 — “We Are Broken”: a reference and a way to extend the section 1:23:09 — “Cigarettes”: transferring a syllable to the next musical bar 1:27:36 — Lecture Summary