EFA terms & authors Flashcards
Intro: Nettl 2015
study music as an aspect of human culture
Intro: Herndon 1992
culture impacts how song is used; song as powerful communication tool
Intro: Dawe 2003
studying musical instruments gives insights into culture
Intro: Bauman and Braid 1998
studying ovas increases understanding of culture
Intro: Sklar 1991, 2001, 2011
study movements of dance to understand culture
Intro: Dyrness 2001
visual art reflection of what is taking place in a culture
Intro: Myers 1992
this is etic analysis, not emic
seven lenses
space, shape of the event through time, participant organization, materials, performance features, content, underlying symbolic systems
acrostic for seven lenses
Spinach shouldn’t paralyze our muscles. Perfectly fed cowboys understand.
references for music terms
Bakan 2012; Apel 1970
proportional rhythm
smaller units simple proportions of larger units
polyrhythm
simultaneous use of contrasting rhythms
types of rhythm
proportional, polyrhythm, speech rhythm, free rhythm, syncopation
musical elements
form, tempo, rhythm, melody, timbre, text setting, dynamics, meter, scale
textures of melodies
heterophony, polyphony, drone, homophony, fugal, canon
heterophony
hocket
polyphony
two or more different notes but not octaves
drone
melody supported by one or two unchanging pitches
homophony
melody supported by chords
terms for timbre
rough, smooth, raspy, breathy, nasal
types of timbre
vibrato, yodeling, Sprechstimme
types of text settings
syllabic, neumatic, melismatic
syllabic lyrics
one note per syllable
neumatic lyrics
2-3 notes per syllable
melismatic lyrics
frequent use of one syllable sung on 2 or more notes
other song elements
pitch inventory, range, tonal center, modulation, contour
types of scales
diatonic, pentatonic, raga
types of stages
arene-trouvee (found stage), theater-in-the-round, thrust theater, three-quarter round, proscenium stage, end stage
thrust theater stage
audience on three sides of actors
three-quarter round stage
one wall with audience all around
proscenium stage
audience on one side, arches