Tempo bands, metre and rhythmic mode in Marri Ngarr 'Church Lirrga' songs
| Field | Value | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | Barwick, Linda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-07 | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-04-07 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003-01-01 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Barwick, Linda. "Tempo bands, metre and rhythmic mode in Marri Ngarr 'Church Lirrga' songs." Australasian Music Research 7 (2003): 67–83. | en_AU |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1325 5266 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/13089 | |
| dc.description | This is a postprint version (author's accepted manuscript) with page numbering adjusted to match the published version. Due to format obsolescence of the original graphics files, some of the figures are poor quality screenshots. | en_AU |
| dc.description.abstract | During the 1970s, the Marri Ngarr composer Pius Luckan and his brother Clement Tchinburur created a set of liturgical songs ('churcb lirrga') based on the didjeridu-accompanied dance-song genre Lirrga, one of several public ceremonial genres in Wadeye, NT. Musical analysis and discussion witb composers sbows that the songs fall into named distinct tempo ranges ('tempo bands’), that tempo bands correlate witb different metres in the vocal part (tbis combination is termed 'rhythmic mode'), and that singers highlight rhythmic mode by systematic juxtaposition of contrasting songs. Accounts of similar compositional practices in other Australian song repertoires are noted. | en_AU |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Australian Research Council | en_AU |
| dc.language.iso | en_AU | en_AU |
| dc.publisher | Australasian Music Research | en_AU |
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| dc.subject | Aboriginal music | en_AU |
| dc.subject | music analysis | en_AU |
| dc.subject | Northwestern Australia | en_AU |
| dc.subject | ethnomusicology | en_AU |
| dc.title | Tempo bands, metre and rhythmic mode in Marri Ngarr 'Church Lirrga' songs | en_AU |
| dc.type | Article | en_AU |
| usyd.department | PARADISEC, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney | en_AU |
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