Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Foreword by György Ligeti
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- BOOK I THE MUSIC OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
- BOOK II AFRICAN POLYPHONIC MUSIC
- 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 validity
- BOOK IV THEORETICAL TOOLS
- BOOK V THE ORGANISATION OF TIME IN AFRICAN MUSIC
- BOOK VI STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLES AND THEIR APPLICATION
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
6 - Technical equipment: description and use
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Foreword by György Ligeti
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- BOOK I THE MUSIC OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
- BOOK II AFRICAN POLYPHONIC MUSIC
- 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 validity
- BOOK IV THEORETICAL TOOLS
- BOOK V THE ORGANISATION OF TIME IN AFRICAN MUSIC
- BOOK VI STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLES AND THEIR APPLICATION
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
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- African Polyphony and PolyrhythmMusical Structure and Methodology, pp. 107 - 112Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991