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
Masesa, Women and Girls in Southern Mozambique
Oscar Smith’s paradigm transcription of an ostinato cycle sung by women and girls in Southern Mozambique.
Meter in Bulgarian Folk Music
Nathan Bernacki discusses the concept of meter in a Bulgarian context, noting the discrepancies between emic and etic conceptions of meter and the way that academia has influenced its categorisation.
Badra Song from Buzi, Papua New Guinea
John Lai’s analysis of a metric cycle with microtiming sung by a mixed group from South New Guinea.