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.
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.