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Metric Cycles

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.


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