Title: Experiencing 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.
Subjects: Ethnomusicology, History and criticism, Music, Musical meter and rhythm
Places: Madagascar