Jumat, 26 Juli 2013
musical cyclicalities
the ways in which cyclicality operates in different musical traditions is such that it may be helpful to use the plural form of the term in describing the concept. the cyclicalities inherent in african, indian and indonesian musics are markedly different. apart from the different types and styles of gamelan, there are interlocking patterns, related to a melody ( balungan ) or theme, and the operation of larger scale structures, cycles within cycles. in indian classical music, one can highlight rhythmic cyclicality in the tabla part with its bols within the talas ( tal ) system. in conjunction with this, there is the raga system dealing with a meta-cycle involving moods, time and seasons. and, in african musics, we have a different type of rhythmic interlocking involving cycles in cycles, based on a timekeeping part, unchanging repetitive parts, and on pre-composed and improvised patterns.
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