Malawian pango music from the viewpoint of information theory
Abstract
- Abstract
- Music played on a Malawian pango, a board zither, will be analysed by using concepts of probability theory and information theory. I have tried to make my analysis comprehensible to non-mathematicians. It is, however, impossible to translate all mathematical concepts into a few words which convey the same accuracy. So I had to compromise. The Conclusion of this article gives the main results of my analysis without using mathematical formulae. The music is played at a constant speed of about 6 pulses per second. The data for my analysis consists of the chords and sung melody notes which sound at each pulse.
Description
- Description
- pages: 90-106
Subjects
People & roles
- Author
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Van Zanten, Wim
Value Annotations
Origins & context
- Is Part Of
- Leiden University
Origins & context
- Title
- Malawian pango music from the viewpoint of information theory
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
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Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Created Date
- July 12, 1983
Rights & access
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
Identifiers & sources
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-0231
- Identifier
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1169
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Origins & context
- Type
- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
- WissKI URL
- 79316
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