Contextual Strategies of Inquiry and Systematization

Kwabena, J. H.

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“…Apart from juxtaposed or, in J. H. Kwabena Nketia's phrase, ‘situational’ contextualisation (Nketia 1990, p. 81), we have also chosen to rely on what Nketia terms ‘conceptual or notional’ contextualisation. In an analytical project such as ours, this can be achieved in two ways.…”

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Bird's‐Eye Views of the Musical Surface: Methods for Systematic Pitch‐Class Set Analysis

Huovinen

Tenkanen

2007

Music Analysis

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Articles systematic pitch-class set analysis huovinen and tenkanen erkki huovinen and atte tenkanen of the appropriate set classes. We can therefore reformulate Lester's assertion by concluding that a surprisingly small number of these simple detectors are required to cover the surface of Mozart's well-known theme. More complex detectors will be similarly sensitive to more complex properties of the musical surface.The other, and equally important, aspect of systematicity pertains to the way in which the detector is deployed throughout the relevant field of objects. Just as a minesweeper has to move systematically across an entire minefield in order to ensure that every explosive device has been found, so the musical surface has to be scanned in a similarly exhaustive fashion if the quantitative results are to be of any value. In the Mozart example, such systematic scanning requires only that the successive simultaneities be checked for features of interest; however, larger compositions and less transparent musical textures tend to render the issue much more involved. Now, it is well known that the systematic core of pitch-class set theory has often been supplemented by less than systematic analytical procedures, especially when it comes to the question of segmentation and the further identification of key structural features (Apajalahti 1994; Pople 2004b). Merely pointing the detector towards some intuitively salient aspect may perhaps engender pertinent results, yet may just as easily lead to more sweeping implications that are insupportable.The second section of this study will concentrate on this latter aspect of systematicity, namely the means by which the detector is applied. This is a task which entails the use of computer algorithms. 2 At the same time, we will attempt to establish a framework for developing various kinds of detectors, each sensitive to the differing properties of pitch-class sets. Although our contribution can be seen as a continuation of the tradition of statistical music analysis, the pitch-class set-theoretical approach widens the perspective from the primitive characteristics of individual notes (pitch, duration and so on) to more complex relational features. This change in scope carries a clear advantage: put simply, its findings are more open to qualitative interpretation. For example, whereas early informationtheoretic approaches to the analysis of music were concerned, in the main, with the amount of musical information generated (for instance, Winckel 1964;Fucks and Lauter 1965), it now seems that greater attention should be paid to the musical character of the pitch materials being analysed. Even if the differences between musical styles may only be approached fruitfully using information regarding the frequency distributions of various musical elements (Beran 2004; Manaris et al 2005), we prefer a form of statistical style analysis that attaches some musical meaning to these elements from the outset.For example, the third section of this survey will seek to explore the use of ...

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Bird's‐Eye Views of the Musical Surface: Methods for Systematic Pitch‐Class Set Analysis

Huovinen

Tenkanen

2007

Music Analysis

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“…Siguiendo la misma línea de argumentación, Kwabena Nketia 20 comenta que sus estudiantes se referían al contexto representándolo como una sumatoria de factores («factor histórico», «factor cultural», «factor tecnológico», etcétera). En su crítica a las nociones de contexto y contextualización, explica que la representación factorial del contexto es inapropiada, porque procura describir aspectos de la realidad como si fueran aspectos del mundo material, «cosificables» (Nketia, 1990).…”

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Una aproximación a la entrevista en investigaciones sobre música

Sánchez

2021

RISM

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En este artículo problematizo la entrevista como técnica de recolección de información, como encuentro etnográfico y como proceso de producción de textualidad. Propongo un marco teórico adecuado para examinar los roles que los participantes asumen, las relaciones de poder social y las negociaciones que se llevan a cabo. Desarrollo conceptos tales como objetivos interaccionales, situación social, marco, entextualización de los discursos y contextualización de las prácticas de performance, que proporcionan una fundamentación apropiada para el análisis de los datos recabados. Comparo distintos tipos de entrevista, diferencio sus propósitos y señalo la relación que cada formato tiene con el diseño de las investigaciones (cualitativa, cuantitativa, mixta). Los ejemplos ayudan a pensar la planificación de las acciones que se llevarán adelante en las entrevistas e informan sobre los problemas que pueden surgir en el proceso. Hago énfasis en la revisión de las nociones de contexto y contextualización.

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“…Esimerkiksi J.H. Kwabena Nketia (1990), joka on ehkä pisimmälle pohtinut etnomusikologian kontekstikäsitettä, tekee yhä formaalin teksti-konteksti erottelun. Tutkijan on hänen mielestään ensin selvitettävä musiikin piirteet ja sen jälkeen verrattava näitä kontekstuaa-lisiin tekijöihin.…”

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Contextual Strategies of Inquiry and Systematization

Cited by 19 publications

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Bird's‐Eye Views of the Musical Surface: Methods for Systematic Pitch‐Class Set Analysis

Bird's‐Eye Views of the Musical Surface: Methods for Systematic Pitch‐Class Set Analysis

Una aproximación a la entrevista en investigaciones sobre música

Musiikkitekstit, kontekstit ja populaarimusiikin tutkimus

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