The tradition of wedding receptions created a new in the art reading Qur'an. Qur'an is recited at weddings with different rhythms. This difference important to study. purpose study was determine type rhythm song by qori wedding, correlation between theme meaning verses Qur'an, and recitation, as well response reciter mustamik event. research qualitative using field for two months. theory ethnom...

Norway has a strong and diverse traditional music scene. It encompasses everything from polka-playing accordion bands in the countryside to highly sophisticated professional musicians collaborating with first class international artists from other music genres. The number of individuals playing, singing and dancing at an impressive level of proficiency is very promising. There are local clubs o...

Entrainment, broadly defined, is a phenomenon in which two or more independent rhythmic processes synchronize with each other. To illuminate the significance of entrainment for various directions of music research and promote a nuanced understanding of the concept among ethnomusicologists, this publication opens with an exposition of entrainment research in various disciplines, from physics to ...

The cline of Malayness as exhibited in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula extends through tribal-Malay, rakyat-Melayu, raja-Melayu and modern urban-Melayu. As a consequence of the manner in which Malay states came into being, this cline exhibits an increasing elaboration of the cultural expression of transition and transitivity. These differences are paralleled closely in such areas of Malay cultu...

This article describes a practice research project investigating how the of meditation may be integrated into playing shakuhachi, an instrument utilised during Edo period (1603–1867) as tool for spiritual by monks Fuke sect and later becoming part hōgaku (Japanese traditional music) world stage instrument. Although we cannot know were trained to use shakuhachi in meditation, I have combined my ...

Despite increasing attention to the preservation and development of sound archives in academic research cultural heritage institutions, they are yet be more substantially embraced larger theoretical debates on archival theory practice. Fraught with contested histories through legacy ethnomusicology, rooted enterprises colonial imperialism, now era mass digitization distribution, many collection...