Skip to main content
Disciplines
Automotive Business IT + Informatics Construction + Real Estate Electrical Engineering + Electronics Energy + Sustainability Insurance + Risk Finance + Banking Management + Leadership Marketing + Sales Mechanical Engineering + Materials
Events
DE
EN
Books
Journals
Topic Page
Marketing
Start single access now
Access for companies
EXTENDED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Published in:
Computational Music Archiving as Physical Culture Theory Read chapter Read first chapter

2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

John Blacking Revisited—Comparative Analysis of Venda Tshikone Dance (1958 and 2009)

Author : Jukka Louhivuori

Published in: Computational Phonogram Archiving

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Log in

Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.

search-config
loading …

Abstract

One of the first research topics of interest for folk music researchers was the stability/instability of folk tunes. Particularly the question which parts and elements in folk tunes are sensitive to change and what are the stable elements of the melodies. Researchers had data collected over several decades, which gave a great opportunity to systematically explore stability of melodies over the years and decades.

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 102.000 Bücher
  • über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Automobil + Motoren
  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
  • Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
  • Finance + Banking
  • Management + Führung
  • Marketing + Vertrieb
  • Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
  • Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 67.000 Bücher
  • über 390 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Automobil + Motoren
  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
  • Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
  • Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe




 

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 67.000 Bücher
  • über 340 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Finance + Banking
  • Management + Führung
  • Marketing + Vertrieb
  • Versicherung + Risiko




Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now
previous chapter Temperament in Tuning Systems of Southeast Asia and Ancient India
next chapter Smithsonian Folkways and the Associated Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Appendix
Available only for authorised users
Footnotes
1
In addition to the author of this article the following researchers attended in the field trip: prof. Jane Davidson (University of Western Australia), Dr. Edward Lebaka (University of Pretoria) and Dr. Pekka Toivanen (University of Jyväskylä). Thivhafuni Daniel Tshishonge (University of Tohoyando) was the guide during the visit.
 
2
It has not been possible to check the details of the audio recordings by Blacking. The model of tape recorder is not known by the author of this paper. Thus, it is possible that tempo changes are due the equipment. Because the pitches of pipes are very similar, it is probable that Blacking’s audio recordings give quite reliable picture of tempos of dances and frequencies of pipes.
 
Literature
1.
Blacking J (1973) How musical is man? University of Washington Press, Seattle, USA
2.
Blacking J (1977) Some problems of theory and method in the study of musical change. Yearbook Int Folk Music Council 9:1–26CrossRef
3.
Bronson BH (1951) Melodic stability in oral transmission. J Int Folk Music Council 3:50–55CrossRef
4.
5.
Kirby R (1933) The reed-flute ensembles of South Africa: a study in South African native music. J R Anthropol Inst Great Br Irel 63:313–388CrossRef
6.
Koller O (1902) Die bäste Methode, Volks-, und volksmässige Lieder nach ihrer melodischen Beschaffenheit lexikalisch zu ordnen? Sammelbände der International Musikgesellschaft IV 1–15
7.
Krohn I (1899) Über die Art und Entstehung der geistlichen Volksmelodien in Finnland. Helsinki
8.
Krohn I (1903) Welche ist die beste Methode, um Volks- und volksmäßige Lieder nach ihrer melodischen (nicht textlichen) Beschaffenheit lexikalisch zu ordnen? Sammelbände der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft 4:643–660
9.
Lindblom B, Sundberg J (1970) Towards a generative theory of melody. Svensk Tidskrift för Musikforskning 52:71–88
10.
Malacari G, Campbell PS (2003) The work and legacy of John Blacking. Dvd disc. Callaway Centre, School of Music, The University of Western Australia
11.
Merriam AP (1955) The use of music in the study of a problem of acculturation. Am Anthropol 57:28–34CrossRef
12.
Nettl B (1964) Theory and method in ethnomusicology. Free Press of Glencoe, New York
13.
Nettl B (2005) The study of ethnomusicology, 2nd edn. University of Illinois Press, Urbana
14.
Sundberg J (1975) On melodical similarity in versions of a Swedish folk-tune. STL-QPSR 16(2–3):61–66
15.
Metadata
Title
John Blacking Revisited—Comparative Analysis of Venda Tshikone Dance (1958 and 2009)
Author
Jukka Louhivuori
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Computational Phonogram Archiving

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-02694-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-02695-0

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02695-0_4

Premium Partner

    Image Credits