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List of illustrations | |
Foreword Gyorgy Ligeti | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgements | |
Map | |
Book I. The Music of the Central African Republic: 1. General introduction | |
2. The general features of traditional music | |
3. Typology | |
Book II. African Polyphonic Music: Introduction | |
1. A classification of African polyphonies | |
2. Previous studies: the present state of the subject | |
Book III. Technical Tools: Methods of Recording Polyphonic Music For Transcription: 1. The need for transcription | |
2. The difficulties of transcription | |
3. Earlier methods | |
4. Towards a new method | |
5. Theoretical assumptions | |
6. Technical equipment: description and use | |
7. From recording to transcription | |
8. Checking the results | |
9. Potentialities | |
10. Anthropological acceptability | |
Book IV. Theoretical Tools: 1. The notion of relevance | |
2. Description and analysis | |
3. The question of transcription | |
Book V. The Organisation of Time In African Music: 1. A brief survey of Western rhythmics | |
2. Towards precise terminology | |
3. African rhythmics | |
Book VI. Structural Principles And Their Applications: 1. Typology | |
2. Analytical notions | |
3. Strict polyrhythmics | |
4. Polyrhythmics as a way to polyphony: Hocket | |
5. Polyphony produced by melodic instruments | |
6. The association of polyphony and polyrhythmics | |
Conclusion | |
Bibliography | |
Discography | |
Index. |
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