Ethno-musicology is an academic field encompassing various approaches to the study of music that emphasize its cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dimensions or contexts instead of its isolated ‘sound’ component or any particular repertoire. The term ‘Ethno-musicology’ became common in1950, although the emergence of the field can be traced back to the late nineteenth ce...

ABSTRACT On December 2, 2020, the Department of Ethnomusicology, Faculty Performing Arts, ISI Yogyakarta, showcased faculty works entitled "Knitting Tones Nusantara" (Merajut Nada Nusantara). The event was broadcasted online via YouTube. students presented five during proceedings, one which Gita Sewana. This paper aims to elaborate on Sewana as a case study related process artistic creativity p...

The scholarly discipline of ethnochoreology or, as Hungarians would say, dance folkloristics, has had a profound and developed history in Hungary. From the very beginning its establishing early 1950s, various intense research activities have focused on collection, documentation systematization traditional dances throughout country, but also developing particular theories about their historical ...

For our purpose a rhythm is represented as a cyclic binary string. Consider the following three 12/8 time ternary rhythms expressed in box-like notation: [x . x . x . x . x . x .], [x . x . x x . x . x . x] and [x . . . x x . . x x x .]. Here “x” denotes the striking of a percussion instrument, and “.” denotes a silence. It is intuitively clear that the first rhythm is the most even (well space...

Kazakh traditional music has been the research object for many scientists from Russia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Japan, United States, and other countries. In 20th century, due to establishment of Soviet power, territory Kazakhstan was closed by foreigners. Simultaneously, such a combination events contributed preserving materials collected before October Socialist Revolution. Therefore,...