“Global folk music” fusions: the reification of transnational relationships and the ethics of cross-cultural appropriations in Finnish contemporary folk music

J Hill - Yearbook for traditional music, 2007 - cambridge.org
A Finnish fiddler trading fours with a Hindustani vocalist, Swedish herding calls soaring over
a djembe and didjeridu groove, Russian refrains inserted between Finnish texts and …

The melodic beat: exploring asymmetry in polska performance

O Misgeld, A Holzapfel, P Kallioinen… - Journal of Mathematics …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Some triple-beat forms in Scandinavian Folk Music are characterized by non-isochronous
beat durations: asymmetric beats. Theorists of folk music have suggested that the variability …

Total rhythm in three dimensions: Towards a motional theory of melodic dance rhythm in Swedish polska music

D Kaminsky - Dance Research, 2014 - euppublishing.com
In this article I present an ethnotheory of the music/dance relationship in Swedish polska,
based on dance fieldwork and interviews I have conducted with polska dance musicians. I …

Investigating periodic body motions as a tacit reference structure in Norwegian telespringar performance

MR Haugen - Empirical Musicology Review, 2016 - duo.uio.no
The pulse level in music is often described as a series of isochronous beats that provides an
underlying reference structure against which we perceive rhythmic patterns. This notion is …

Studying rhythmical structures in norwegian folk music and dance using motion capture technology: a case study of norwegian telespringar

MR Haugen - Musikk og tradisjon, 2014 - duo.uio.no
Norwegian telespringar is often referred to as being in so-called asymmetrical triple meter—
that is, the three beats in the measure are of uneven duration. Previous studies report that a …

Music-Dance. Investigating Rhythm Structures in Brazilian Samba and Norwegian Telespringar Performance

MR Haugen - 2016 - duo.uio.no
This thesis investigates the interaction between perceived rhythm and underlying reference
structures in the experience of rhythm in music. The point of departure is that both music …

Accessible sonification of movement: A case in Swedish folk dance

O Misgeld, H Lindetorp, A Holzapfel - Sound and Music Computing …, 2023 - diva-portal.org
This study presents a sonification tool–SonifyFOLK–designed for intuitive access by
musicians and dancers in their sonic explorations of movements in dance performances. It is …

Investigating musical meter as shape: Two case studies of Brazilian samba and Norwegian Telespringar

MR Haugen - 2017 - duo.uio.no
The perception of musical meter is fundamental for rhythm production and perception in
much music. Underlying structures such as pulse, meter, and metrical subdivisions are often …

Towards the study of embodied meter in Swedish folk dance

O Misgeld, A Holzapfel - Folk Music Analysis Workshop, 2018 - diva-portal.org
The interrelation of playing and dancing is central for understanding performance practice in
Swedish folk music, as it plays an important role for the metric and rhythmic qualities of …

Asymmetrical meter in Scandinavian folk music and dance-A case study of Norwegian Telespringar

MR Haugen - Haugen, Mari Romarheim (2016) Music-Dance …, 2015 - duo.uio.no
Certain traditional Norwegian and Swedish dance tunes in triple meter are referred to as
being in so-called asymmetrical meter—that is, the three beats in the measure are of uneven …