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Morphing Cyclicity

A passage has a morphing cyclicity if the features that repeat from one cycle to the next gradually change.

Aamamata, Funeral Lamentation from the Solomon Islands

John Roeder’s transcription with annotations of a vocal duet from the Solomon Islands (Les Voix du Monde, CD 3, track 21).

Uusuusuha, Panflute Music of the ‘Are ‘Are people of Malaita, Solomon Islands

John Lai’s analysis of a Solomon islands panpipe quartet that clusters several smaller cycles together to form a meta-cycle.

Paane ni Rokera, Panflute Music of the ‘Are ‘Are people of Malaita, Solomon Islands

John Lai’s analysis of an interlocking flute duet from the Solomon Islands that uses small variations to create a large-scale directed formal process across cycle repetitions.


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