African Polyphony and Polyrhythm

Contents

• List of illustrations
• Foreword Gyorgy Ligeti
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Map
• Book I. The Music of the Central African Republic: 1. General introduction
• 2. The general features of traditional music
• 3. Typology
• Book II. African Polyphonic Music: Introduction
• 1. A classification of African polyphonies
• 2. Previous studies: the present state of the subject
• Book III. Technical Tools: Methods of Recording Polyphonic Music For Transcription: 1. The need for transcription
• 2. The difficulties of transcription
• 3. Earlier methods
• 4. Towards a new method
• 5. Theoretical assumptions
• 6. Technical equipment: description and use
• 7. From recording to transcription
• 8. Checking the results
• 9. Potentialities
• 10. Anthropological acceptability
• Book IV. Theoretical Tools: 1. The notion of relevance
• 2. Description and analysis
• 3. The question of transcription
• Book V. The Organisation of Time In African Music: 1. A brief survey of Western rhythmics
• 2. Towards precise terminology
• 3. African rhythmics
• Book VI. Structural Principles And Their Applications: 1. Typology
• 2. Analytical notions
• 3. Strict polyrhythmics
• 4. Polyrhythmics as a way to polyphony: Hocket
• 5. Polyphony produced by melodic instruments
• 6. The association of polyphony and polyrhythmics
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Discography
• Index.