TY - GEN
T1 - MOVING IN TIME
T2 - 21st International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference, ISMIR 2020
AU - Davies, Matthew E.P.
AU - Fuentes, Magdalena
AU - Fonseca, João
AU - Aly, Luís
AU - Jerónimo, Marco
AU - Baraldi, Filippo Bonini
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© M. E. P. Davies, M. Fuentes, J. Fonseca, L. Aly, M. Jerónimo, and F. Bonini Baraldi.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - “Maracatu de baque solto” is a Carnival performance combining music, poetry, and dance, occurring in the Zona da Mata Norte region of Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil). Maracatu percussive music is strongly repetitive, and is played as loud and as fast as possible. Both from an MIR and ethnomusicological perspective this makes a complex musical scene to analyse and interpret. In this paper we focus on the extraction of microtiming profiles towards the longer term goal of understanding how rhythmic performance in Maracatu is used to promote health and well-being. To conduct this analysis we use a set of recordings acquired with contact microphones which minimise the interference between performers. Our analysis reveals that the microtiming profiles differ substantially from those observed in more widely studied South American music. In particular, we highlight the presence of dynamic microtiming profiles as well as the importance of the choice of timekeeper instrument, which dictates how the performances can be understood. Throughout this work, we emphasize the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in which MIR, audio engineering, and ethnomusicology must interact to provide meaningful insight about this music.
AB - “Maracatu de baque solto” is a Carnival performance combining music, poetry, and dance, occurring in the Zona da Mata Norte region of Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil). Maracatu percussive music is strongly repetitive, and is played as loud and as fast as possible. Both from an MIR and ethnomusicological perspective this makes a complex musical scene to analyse and interpret. In this paper we focus on the extraction of microtiming profiles towards the longer term goal of understanding how rhythmic performance in Maracatu is used to promote health and well-being. To conduct this analysis we use a set of recordings acquired with contact microphones which minimise the interference between performers. Our analysis reveals that the microtiming profiles differ substantially from those observed in more widely studied South American music. In particular, we highlight the presence of dynamic microtiming profiles as well as the importance of the choice of timekeeper instrument, which dictates how the performances can be understood. Throughout this work, we emphasize the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in which MIR, audio engineering, and ethnomusicology must interact to provide meaningful insight about this music.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85183872901
T3 - Proceedings of the 21st International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference, ISMIR 2020
SP - 85
EP - 92
BT - Proceedings of the 21st International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference, ISMIR 2020
A2 - Cumming, Julie
A2 - Lee, Jin Ha
A2 - McFee, Brian
A2 - Schedl, Markus
A2 - Devaney, Johanna
A2 - Devaney, Johanna
A2 - McKay, Cory
A2 - Zangerle, Eva
A2 - de Reuse, Timothy
PB - International Society for Music Information Retrieval
Y2 - 11 October 2020 through 16 October 2020
ER -