Measuring Aksak Rhythm and Synchronization in Transylvanian Village Music by Using Motion Capture
Techniques based on motion capture can be useful in analyzing a wide range of musical styles and practices: in this case, Transylvanian village music. We focused on a repertoire known as ‘Gypsy songs of sorrow’, played by professional Gypsy musicians during parties and celebrations of their own comm...
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| author | Filippo Bonini-Baraldi Emmanuel Bigand Thierry Pozzo |
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| description | Techniques based on motion capture can be useful in analyzing a wide range of musical styles and practices: in this case, Transylvanian village music. We focused on a repertoire known as ‘Gypsy songs of sorrow’, played by professional Gypsy musicians during parties and celebrations of their own community. Two parameters were the object of study: rhythmic duration, and synchronization between musicians (a violinist and a viola player). Results show that rhythm is a local variant of aksak and is based on two duration units (S=short, L=long) which respect the formula 2:3 < S:L < 3:4. Performances are characterized by large variations of the S:L ratio from period to period, which have an expressive function. Tracking the bow’s movements with motion capture techniques allowed to show that these variations are related to a swinging interpretation, which also involves a voluntary asynchrony between the two musicians. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-858432bd087c46fea4e86e5aa2af7a8c2022-12-21T22:44:52ZengThe Ohio State University LibrariesEmpirical Musicology Review1559-57492016-01-0110426529110.18061/emr.v10i4.4891Measuring Aksak Rhythm and Synchronization in Transylvanian Village Music by Using Motion CaptureFilippo Bonini-Baraldi0Emmanuel Bigand1Thierry Pozzo2Ethnomusicology Institute (INET-md), FCSH, Universidade NOVA de LisboaCNRS UMR 5022, Research Laboratory on Learning and Development, Université Bourgogne FrancheComtéINSERM-U1093, Université Bourgogne Franche-ComtéTechniques based on motion capture can be useful in analyzing a wide range of musical styles and practices: in this case, Transylvanian village music. We focused on a repertoire known as ‘Gypsy songs of sorrow’, played by professional Gypsy musicians during parties and celebrations of their own community. Two parameters were the object of study: rhythmic duration, and synchronization between musicians (a violinist and a viola player). Results show that rhythm is a local variant of aksak and is based on two duration units (S=short, L=long) which respect the formula 2:3 < S:L < 3:4. Performances are characterized by large variations of the S:L ratio from period to period, which have an expressive function. Tracking the bow’s movements with motion capture techniques allowed to show that these variations are related to a swinging interpretation, which also involves a voluntary asynchrony between the two musicians.https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v10i4.4891Ethnomusicologygesturemotion captureaksaksynchronization |
| spellingShingle | Filippo Bonini-Baraldi Emmanuel Bigand Thierry Pozzo Measuring Aksak Rhythm and Synchronization in Transylvanian Village Music by Using Motion Capture Empirical Musicology Review Ethnomusicology gesture motion capture aksak synchronization |
| title | Measuring Aksak Rhythm and Synchronization in Transylvanian Village Music by Using Motion Capture |
| title_full | Measuring Aksak Rhythm and Synchronization in Transylvanian Village Music by Using Motion Capture |
| title_fullStr | Measuring Aksak Rhythm and Synchronization in Transylvanian Village Music by Using Motion Capture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring Aksak Rhythm and Synchronization in Transylvanian Village Music by Using Motion Capture |
| title_short | Measuring Aksak Rhythm and Synchronization in Transylvanian Village Music by Using Motion Capture |
| title_sort | measuring aksak rhythm and synchronization in transylvanian village music by using motion capture |
| topic | Ethnomusicology gesture motion capture aksak synchronization |
| url | https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v10i4.4891 |
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