The phenomenon of inherent rhythms in East and Central African instrumental music
Abstract
- Abstract
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African composers take advantage in a marvellous way of a psycho-acoustic fact. The human ear - like the eyes - does not perceive isolated particles but always a "gestalt". In a sequence of notes with large intervals the ear is inclined to pick out those of approximately the same level of pitch, and group them together separately. If this sequence of notes is,
moreover, rhythmically regular, perception in different conflicting "gestalten" is enormously stimulated. This gestalt-psychological element plays a great part in listening to and composing some kinds of African instrumental music.
Description
- Description
- pages: 33-42
Subjects
People & roles
- Author
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Kubik, Gerhard
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- Is Part Of
- Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna
Origins & context
- Title
- The phenomenon of inherent rhythms in East and Central African instrumental music
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
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Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Created Date
- May 16, 1962
Rights & access
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
Identifiers & sources
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-00e0
- Identifier
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735
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- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
Further details
- WissKI URL
- 76498