Analyzing musical cycles as concurrent fluxes of expectation
by John Roeder Co-PI of this study group presents his theoretical framework for the analysis of cyclic musics. The paper combines cognitive- and process philosophy-informed perspectives to develop an understanding of what makes musical cyclicity an especially rich construction, suggesting why it may be found across the world. Download as PDF
Shop Diaphonic Singing from Dyakovo, Bulgaria
Nathan Bernacki’s analysis of a long, strophic, rhythmically flexible cycle sung by two women from Western Bulgaria.
Konnakol Duet in 75/16: Using Non-Isochronous Cycles as a Framework for Durational Transformations
Oscar Smith’s analysis of the various time-shaping strategies occurring in a collaborative online konnakol video by South-Indian musicians B.C. Manjunath and Varijashree Venugopal.