FTX-782 - THE WORLD ENCOMPASSED - 8 CDs
- vol 2
This World Music Course introduced by Alan Lomax, the leader of the team
who put it together in the 1960s, was originally titled "Cantometrics - the
measure of song". As "Folk Song Style and Culture" it was published by The American
Assocation for the Advancement of Science in 1968 and in 1976, the team published
the recorded samples from the Lomax field recordings as well as others from
outstanding international field collections, and thus produced an ethno-musicology
course with tests for researchers and students. So now, "Music from around the
World" is available on 8 CDs together with a ninth forming a final Graduation
CD. Peter Kennedy used this course with his students at Dartington College of
Arts from 1972 and found it particularly successful in all three: Art, Music
and Theatre depts.
THE TONAL BLEND OF THE VOCAL GROUP (5) - Good tonal blend depends upon
the relative absence of vocal noise and ornamentation, and the presence of wide,
clear voicing. It also predicts a complementary society, where, because males
and females share equally the main productive activity of the culture, there
seems to be a relaxation in vocal signs of tension and male dominance, and a
tendency to act in a highly coordinated fashion.
THE RHYTHMIC RELATIONSHIP WITHIN THE VOCAL GROUP (12) - Multi-layered rhythmic
organization in the vocal part seems to reflect an aspect of inter-personal
relationships, in that accompanying, polyrhythmic and contrapuntal rhythmic
relationships between the vocal parts occur more frequently in complementary
cultures.
