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Analytical Approaches to World Musics

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Abrahams, Rosa Mimicry as Movement Analysis 7.2 2019
Àiná, David Tonal Counterpoint Revisited: From Yorùbá Pop to American Hip-Hop 9.2 2021
Bauer, Amy Response to “Global Notation as a Tool for Cross-Cultural and Comparative Music Analysis” 8.2 2020
Bayraktarkatal, Ertuğrul and Cenk Güray PROPOSING A MAKÂM MODEL BASED ON MELODIC NUCLEI 11.1 2023
Browner, Tara Response to “Global Notation as a Tool for Cross-Cultural and Comparative Music Analysis” 8.2 2020
Burnett, Henry Response to Professor Loeb 2.1 2012
Burnett, Henry Voice-Leading Considerations in Edo-Period Jiuta-Tegotomono: A New Analytical Approach 1.2 2011
Burns, James Response to “Global Notation as a Tool for Cross-Cultural and Comparative Music Analysis” 8.2 2020
Carter-Ényi, Aaron Tonal Counterpoint Revisited: From Yorùbá Pop to American Hip-Hop 9.2 2021
Chiarofonte, Lorenzo Do Ko Gyi Kyaw: Analyzing the Interactions between Rhythms, Melodies, and Sonic Structures of a Burmese Spirit Song Performance 9.1 2021
Clarke, David On Not Losing Heart: A Response to Savage and Brown’s “Toward a New Comparative Musicology” 3.2 2014
Clements, Carl Tradition and Innovation in the Bānsurī Performance Style of Pannalal Ghosh 1.2 2011
Cooper, Alec Micro-temporal Interactions in Sitar and Tabla Duo Performance: An Analysis of a Vilambit Performance by Pt. Nikhil Banerjee and Zamir Ahmed Khan 7.1 2019
Diaz, Juan Diego and Alex Rossi Singing in Tune: Berimbau Tuning and Song Mode in Capoeira (1937–1978)  12.1 2024
Diaz, Juan Diego Experimentations with Timelines: Strategies of Rhythmic Complication in Afro-Bahian Jazz  6.1 2017
Dor, George Worlasi Kwasi Response to “Global Notation as a Tool for Cross-Cultural and Comparative Music Analysis” 8.2 2020
Ferlaino, Christian Generative principles of dance music in Central Calabria 7.1 2019
Field, Garrett

Musical Improvisation and Elegant Writing: Ālāpana in South Indian Karnatak Music Performed by U. Srinivas

11.2 2023
Field, Garrett Improvising Rhythmic-Melodic Designs in South Indian Karnatak Music 6.2 2018
Fossum, David Principles of Transmission and Collective Composition in Turkmen Dutar Performance 5.2 2017
Garzoli, John The Myth of Equidistance in Thai Tuning 4.2 2015
Gerstin, Julian Comparisons of African and Diasporic Music: The Ewe, Cuba, and Martinique 5.2 2017
Goldberg, Daniel What’s the Meter of Elenino Horo?
Rhythm and Timing in Drumming for a Bulgarian Folk Dance
7.2 2019
Grauer, Victor Toward a New Comparative Musicology: Some Comments on the Paper by Savage and Brown 3.2 2014
Gray, Nicholas Reflections on Composing for Balinese Gendér Wayang: The Birth of Kala 2.2 2013
Hafizi, Bardia Rhythmic Texture of Iranian Music: A Performance Analysis of Mahoor Tasnif by M. Tabrizi-zadeh and Dj. Chemirani 11.1 2023
Hesselink, Nathan Cross-Cultural Resonance in the Cadential Hemiola 10.1 2022
Hijleh, Mark Review of Michael Church, ed., The Other Classical Musics: Fifteen Great Traditions (Boydell and Brewer, 2015) 5.1 2016
Hynes-Tawa, Liam Tonic, Final, Kyū: Tonal Mappings in the Meiji Period and Beyond 9.1 2021
Iyer, Rohan Interpretations of Melodic Framework and Instrumental Idiom in a Metrically Fluid Piece of Central Javanese Music Performed on a Busking Zither 10.2 2022
Jankowsky, Richard C. Rhythmic Elasticity and Metric Transformation in Tunisian Sṭambēlī 3.1 2013
Jiménez de Cisneros Puig, Bernat Discovering Flamenco Metric Matrices through a Pulse-Level Analysis 6.1 2017
Johnston, Jeryl

Variation Techniques in Four West African Lead Drumming Examples: A Comparative Study

11.2 2023
Justus, Timothy, et. al. Remembering Melodies from Another Culture: Turkish and American Listeners Demonstrate Implicit Knowledge of Musical Scales 7.1 2019
Kan, Joshua Ching Yuet Hong Kong Christian Songwriters’ Dilemma: Juggling Sacred Music, Tonal Language, and Christian Faith 11.1 2023
Keogh, Brent Between Theory, Representation, and Practice of Maqām: Rethinking the Representation of the Arabic Maqāmāt 3.2 2014
Killick, Andrew Global Notation as a Tool for Cross-Cultural and Comparative Music Analysis 8.2 2020
King, John Neo-Riemannian Theory and the Melakarta 11.1 2023
Kirilov, Kalin Petar Ralchev’s “Bulgarian Suite”: Explorations of Asymmetry, Modality, and Metrical Dissonances 9.1 2021
Klein, Amit Changing Performance Styles of Twentieth Century Ashkenazi Cantorial Recitatives 3.2 2014
Law, Ho Chak Redefining Musical Creativity: The Pipa Solo Tradition in Republican China and During the Mao Era 10.2 2022
Lawson, Francesca and Shawn Nissen The Significance of the Vocal Signature in Chinese Narrative Performance: A Look at Pitch and Duratin Using Praat Acoustic Analysis Software 6.1 2017
Li, Edwin K. C., Aaron Carter-Ényì, and David Àìná Call-and-Response Form in Ewe Agbadza Songs: Subtle Variety of a Common Practice 3.1 2013
Locke, David Towards a Cross-Cultural Theory of Tone-Tune Mapping: A Comparative Study of Cantonese and Yorùbá 12.1 2024
Locke, David Let It Be Called “Comparative Ethnomusicology” 3.2 2014
Locke, David The Metric Matrix: Simultaneous Multidimensionality in African Music 1.1 2011
Loeb, David A Response to Professor Burnett 2.1 2012
Lwanga, Charles Bridging Ethnomusicology and Composition in the First Movement of Justinian Tamusuza’s String Quartet Mu Kkubo e ry’Omusaalaba 3.1 2013
Malin, Yonatan Ethnography and Analysis in the Study of Jewish Music 7.2 2019
Malin, Yonatan Introduction to the Special Issue on Ethnography and Analysis 7.2 2019
Manuel, Peter and Brian Bond Rāgs of Western India and Sindh 10.2 2022
McGraw, Andrew Preliminary Remarks on a Helical Representation of Time 2.2 2013
McGraw, Andrew, with Christine Kohnen The Byar: An Ethnographic and Empirical Study of a Balinese Musical Moment 5.1 2016
Mills, Simon “Release Hitting”: An Analytical Study Commemorating the Artistry of the South Korean Shaman Musician Kim Yongt’aek 8.1 2020
Mills, Simon and Sung-Hee Park Everyday Temple Chant in South Korean Chogye Sect Buddhism: An Analytical Study of the Personal Styles Cultivated by Monks 10.1 2022
Mirelman, Sam Tuning Procedures in Ancient Iraq 2.2 2013
Morris, Robert Tana Varnam-s: An Entry into Raga Delineation in Carnatic Music 1.1 2011
Morris, Robert Recent Developments Coordinating Melody and Harmony 11.1 2023
Mukherji, Somangshu From Bernstein to Bhatkhande: (Indian and Other) Music as the Universal Language 11.1 2023
Ozah, Marie Agatha, HHJC Building Bridges between African Traditional and Western Art Music: A Study of Joshua Uzoigwe’s Egwu Amala 3.1 2013
Pacciolla, Paolo The Brimming Vessel: An Analysis of the Ritual Repertoire of the Miḻāvu from a Tantric Perspective 9.1 2021
Peiris, Eshantha Vocal Models and Musical Rhtyhm in Central Sri Lanka 10.1 2022
Peiris, Eshantha Changing Conceptualizations of Rhythm in Sri Lankan Up-Country Percussion Music 6.2 2018
Pohlit, Stefan Julien Jalâl Ed-Dine Weiss: A Novel Proposal for the Middle Eastern Qānūn 2.1 2012
Pohlit, Stefan Makam and Beyond: A Unified Theory in Julien Jalâl Ed-Dine Weiss’s Last Composition 8.1 2020
Poole, Adrian Timing and Groove in the Performance of Cuban Bass and Conga Patterns 10.2 2022
Poorhaydari, Kioumars Empirical Evaluation of Intervals and Fretting Systems in Persian Art Music 11.2 2023
Prahlad, Achintya Quantifying Alpatva (Scarcity) and Bahutva (Abundance): A Comparative Study of the Scale-identical Hindustānī Rāgas Bhūpālī and Deskār 11.1 2023
Priore, Irna, and Chris Stover The Subversive Songs of Bossa Nova: Tom Jobim in the Era of Censorship 3.2 2014
Racanelli, David Formulaic Variation Procedures in Mande Griot (Jeli) Guitar Playing and Improvisation 2.1 2012
Rahn, Jay Coordinating Analyses of Tuning with Analyses of Pieces 5.1 2016
Rahn, Jay The Hurrian Pieces, ca. 1350 BCE: Part One—Notation and Analysis 1.1 2011
Rahn, Jay The Hurrian Pieces, ca. 1350 BCE: Part Two—From Numbered Strings to Tuned Strings 1.2 2011
Rahn, Jay Response to Mirelman: Orality and Aristoxenus; Pedagogy and Practice 3.2 2014
Rehding, Alexander The Dream of a Universal Notation: An Appreciation 8.2 2020
Reindl, Tomáš Indian Rhythmic Systems as Sources of Inspiration for Western Composers 11.2 2023
Robison, John O.  John Mayer’s “Pawitra Naukari” (A Sacred Service): In God’s Eyes, We Are All Equal 11.2 2023
Roeder, John Timely Negotiations: Formative Interactions in Cyclic Duets 7.1 2019
Roeder, John Fluctuant Grouping in a Silk-and-Bamboo Melody 1.2 2011
Savage, Patrick E., and Steven Brown Toward a New Comparative Musicology 2.2 2013
Savage, Patrick E., Emily Merritt, Tom Rzeszutek, and Steven Brown CantoCore: A New Cross-Cultural Song Classification Scheme 2.1 2012
Schachter, Michael Andrew Killick’s “Global Notation” and the Paradox of Universal Specificity 8.2 2020
Scherzinger, Martin Fractal Geometries of an African Music 3.1 2013
Shuster, Lawrence Global Musical Possibilities: An Interview with Composer-Theorist Robert Cogan 4.2 2015
Simon, Amy D. Shakuhachi honkyoku: Motivic Analysis of Sokaku Reibo 5.2 2017
Stephens, John The Microtones of Bharata’s Natyashastra 6.1 2017
Stover, Chris Contextual Theory, or Theorizing between the Discursive and the Material 7.2 2019
Sykes, Jim South Asian Drumming Beyond Tala: The Problem with “Meter” in Buddhist Sri Lanka 6.2 2018
Sykes, Jim On the Sonic Materialization of Buddhist History: Drum Speech in Southern Sri Lanka 6.2 2018
Szczepanski, Beth Impossible Melodies: Octave Cycles and Illusory Pitch Shifts in a North Chinese Wind Repertoire 4.1 2015
Tallotte, William Meaningful Adjustments: Musical Performance and Ritual Action in a South Indian Temple 4.1 2015
Tanprasert, Teerapaun and Joti Rockwell Sounding Thai: Instrumental Translation, Language-Melody Correlation, and Vocal Expressivity in Thai Sakon Music from the 2010s 9.2 2021
Tarsi, Boaz Uncovering the Music Theory of the Ashkenazi Liturgical Music: “Adonai Malach” as a Case Study 8.2 2020
Tenzer, Michael Global Notation: Swapping Freedoms 8.2 2020
Tenzer, Michael Temporal Transformations in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Augmentation in Baroque, Carnatic, and Balinese Music 1.1 2011
Toussaint, Godfried T. The Pairwise Variability Index as a Measure of Rhythmic Complexity 2.2 2013
Toussaint, Godfried T. Quantifying Musical Meter: How Similar Are African and Western Rhythm? 4.2 2015
Toussaint, Godfried T., Malcolm Campbell, and Naor Brown Computational Models of Symbolic Rhythm Similarity: Correlation with Human Judgments 1.2 2011
Tse, Chun-Yan and Chun-Fung Wong Metrical Structure and Freedom in Qin Music of the Chinese Literati 8.2 2020
Vitale, Wayne and William Sethares Balinese Gamelan Tuning: The Toth Archives 9.2 2021
Weiss, Sarah Analyzing Javanese Grimingan: Seeking Form, Finding Process 1.1 2011
Wells, Robert Theorizing Trikāla: A Generalized Intervallic Approach to Pulse Transformation in South Indian Carnatic Music 8.1 2020
Wey, Yannick Transformations of Tonality: A Longitudinal Study of Yodeling in the Muotatal Valley, Central Switzerland 8.1 2020
Widdess, Richard From Staff to Global: A Response to Killick 8.2 2020
Widdess, Richard Implicit Rāga Knowledge in the Kathmandu Valley 1.1 2011
Williams, Duncan A Short Cross-Analysis of Brazilian Capoeira and Thai Sarama Music and Shared Ritual Practices 4.1 2015
Zadeh, Chloe Formulas and Building Blocks of Ṭhumrī Style: A Study in “Improvised” Music 2.1 2012
Zagalaz, Juan Paco de Lucía and Jazz: Melodic-Harmonic Improvisation as a Central Element in “Zyryab” (1990) 10.2 2022
Ziporyn, Zhoushu Linguistic-Syllabic Cognitive Mapping of Sound in Japanese Culture, Interpreted through Japanese Gagaku Music 10.1 2022

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