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Barring It All, Part 1

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Rachel Wells Hall

Thanks to some perceptive comments on fasola-songwriters and elsewhere, I’m going to revisit my previous post on rhythm and meter.  Two comments that intrigued me were Leah Velleman’s idea that there might be a generative theory of rhythm that applies … Continue reading →

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Meter, Rhythm, and the Most Awkward Farewell

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Rachel Wells Hall

Here’s a sequel to my previous post on tune families.  After reading Charles Seeger’s article ”Versions and variants of the tunes of ‘Barbara Allen,’” I was intrigued by the idea of adding rhythm to my analysis of tune families.  In … Continue reading →

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