davidpenalosa wrote:An argument as to whether Indian rhythm or African rhythm is more complex probably cannot be resolved because the two systems are based on different criteria. Indian music is based in additive rhythm, while sub-Sahrana African music is based in divisive rhythm. Within their respective means of generating rhythm, each system is supreme.
Kofi Agawu, Representing African Music wrote:Although the difference between the two ways of notating this rhythm may seem small, they stem from fundamentally different conceptions. Those who wish to convey a sense of the rhythm’s background [main beats], and who understand the surface morphology in relation to a regular subsurface articulation, will prefer the divisive format. Those who imagine the addition of three, then three, then two sixteenth notes will treat the well-formedness of 3+3+2 as fortuitous, a product of grouping rather than of metrical structure. They will be tempted to deny that African music has a bona fide metrical structure because of its frequent departures from normative grouping structure” (2003: 87).
windhorse wrote:The result of all this is in the "feel" and how one dances to the music!
davidpenalosa wrote:8 ÷ 3 = 2, r 2 (divisive rhythm).
1 e + a 2 e + a
shor wrote: I don't understand the equations, what do e and a represent?
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 36 guests