Transcription of African music from silent film: theory and methods
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https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v5i2.1416Keywords:
Ethnomusicology -- Research -- Africa, Arrangement (Music) -- Africa, Ethnographic films, Graphic notation (Music) -- AfricaAbstract
Most films on music and dance which are used for ethnomusicological research purposes are not research films, but documentaries. Research film in ethnomusicology has undergone important development in the last ten years. It can be distinguished from plain documentary in that it records intentionally those aspects of the event which later will allow the researcher to answer certain preconceived questionsReferences
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A. Lomax, Irmgard Bartenieff & Forrestine Paulay 1969,"Choreometrics: A Method for the Study of Cross-Cultural Pattern in Film”, Research Film, vol. 6, no. 6.
M. Metfessel: Phonophotography in Folk Music. Chapel Hill, 1928. Gilbert Rouget: "Un film experimental: Batteries Dogon, elements pour une etude de rythmes”, L'Homme, Revue francaise d'Anthropologie, V/2, 1965.
Hugh Tracey, Gerhard Kubik & Andrew Tracey, 1969, "Codification of African Music and Textbook Project”, A Primer of Practical Suggestions for Field Research, Roodepoort.
H. Wittmann & W. Eberhardt, 1968,"Einrichtung zur synchronen Tonaufnahme bei freier Beweglichkeit mehrerer Kameras”, Research Film, vol. 6, no. 4.
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1972-08-01
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Kubik, Gerhard. 1972. “Transcription of African Music from Silent Film: Theory and Methods”. African Music : Journal of the International Library of African Music 5 (2):28-39. https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v5i2.1416.
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