MUSC 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Domba, Curt Sachs, Cross Rhythms

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSC 103
• Professor: Margaret Walker

Document Summary

Ethnomusicology is the study of music making in socio-cultural context. Sound, setting, and significance combine to produce musical meaning. Sound, exists only as you hear it, but is fairly stable. Setting is probably the most variable and easily changed. Setting, however, has a lot to do with significance; when one changes, the other usually does too. Music and dance are not separated as they are in other cultures. Venda people of south africa have an event for coming of age for girls called domba. I(cid:374) esotho, ho(cid:271)i(cid:374)a (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s (cid:862)to si(cid:374)g(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)to da(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) e(cid:395)uall(cid:455) event, school, music, and dance are all domba. Cross-rhythms including hemiola (in the broadest sense of two vs three, either simultaneously or juxtaposed) Rhythmic pattern that repeats (eg. bass line) Usually provided by a bell or a shaker. Women sing and dance, men play instruments http://www. aviarts. com/demos/flash/abadjarhythem/index. html. The organization of musical events in time. Rhythmic motif (same idea as a melodic motif)