Experiencing rhythm
Subtitle: contemporary Malagasy music and identity
By: by Jenny Fuhr
Contributors: Manana, Erick, musician, composer
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781443850476
Subjects: Ethnomusicology; History and criticism; Music; Musical meter and rhythm
Description: Over the centuries, a wide range of styles of music, of instruments and of dance have become a part of Madagascar's musical palette. Despite this and the resulting diversity of regional musics, musicians claim there is one element they all share: a common rhythmical base.To explore this claim and the meaning of "rhythm" in the Malagasy context, Jenny Fuhr approaches the subject through her dual roles of both musician and researcher.
Notes: Companion DVD contains nine sound examples (1. Example of jijy; 2. Interview with Hajazz; 3. Interview with Sammy; 4. Interview with Ricky; 5. Interview with Rakotomavo; 6. Interview with Rakotomavo; 7. Interview with Rajery; 8. Interview with Samy; 9. Interview with Rakotomavo) and eight videos of music performances.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191), filmography and discography (pages 192-193), web resources (page 192), and index.
Table of contents: title: Music in contemporary Madagascar; title: Theorising "rhythm"; title: Musicking researchers and researching musicians; title: Contesting the "6/8 rhythm"; title: Exploring the lova-tsofina : musicians' theories on the origin and meaning of "rhythm" in Malagasy music; title: Experiencing "rhythm"; title: Conclusion.