%0 Conference Paper %1 Bracks2022_TotoliArtLelegesan %A Bracks, Christoph %A Moss, Fabian C. %B FMA2022: International Workshop on Folk Music Analysis %C Sheffield, UK %D 2022 %E Ali-MacLachlan, Islah %E Holzapfel, André %I OSF Preprints %K Asian Behavioral Cultures,Arts Description Documentation,Language Humanities,Computational Humanities,ethnomusicology,Ethnomusicology,Indonesia,Language Languages Languages,Social Sciences,Societies,South Societies Southeast analysis,Digital and documentation,Language endangerment,Lelegesan,Linguistics,Music,Musicology,Other music %P 1--5 %R 10.31219/osf.io/5tsxa %T Totoli's Art of Lelegesan: Analyzing Sociocultural Context and Musical Content %X We present the first musicological analysis of a Lelegesan performance, a form of musical expression of the Totoli people in Central Sulawesi. Our preliminary study of this participatory musical practice of an endangered language community describes the overall form of the Lelegesan, consisting of two-part stanzas with improvised lyrics but relatively stable melodic patterns. We report characteristics of a performance's frequency spectrum by drawing on computational methods, enabling us to approximate the underlying musical scale. Our analyses show that different phrase types are clearly distinguishable in terms of their frequency content, and that final tones of opening and closing phrases are generally about a major third apart.

@inproceedings{Bracks2022_TotoliArtLelegesan, abstract = {We present the first musicological analysis of a Lelegesan performance, a form of musical expression of the Totoli people in Central Sulawesi. Our preliminary study of this participatory musical practice of an endangered language community describes the overall form of the Lelegesan, consisting of two-part stanzas with improvised lyrics but relatively stable melodic patterns. We report characteristics of a performance's frequency spectrum by drawing on computational methods, enabling us to approximate the underlying musical scale. Our analyses show that different phrase types are clearly distinguishable in terms of their frequency content, and that final tones of opening and closing phrases are generally about a major third apart.}, added-at = {2022-12-05T09:33:25.000+0100}, address = {{Sheffield, UK}}, author = {Bracks, Christoph and Moss, Fabian C.}, author+an = {2=me}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/22cb8a92eee139e756302238be6d1427c/fabian-moss}, booktitle = {{{FMA2022}}: {{International Workshop}} on {{Folk Music Analysis}}}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, doi = {10.31219/osf.io/5tsxa}, editor = {{Ali-MacLachlan}, Islah and Holzapfel, Andr{\'e}}, file = {/home/fmoss/Zotero/storage/TU8NPNBU/Bracks and Moss - 2022 - Totoli's Art of Lelegesan Analyzing Sociocultural.pdf}, interhash = {0c0e2b853ced3a87d7bd2f669287a805}, intrahash = {2cb8a92eee139e756302238be6d1427c}, keywords = {Asian Behavioral Cultures,Arts Description Documentation,Language Humanities,Computational Humanities,ethnomusicology,Ethnomusicology,Indonesia,Language Languages Languages,Social Sciences,Societies,South Societies Southeast analysis,Digital and documentation,Language endangerment,Lelegesan,Linguistics,Music,Musicology,Other music}, langid = {american}, month = may, pages = {1--5}, publisher = {{OSF Preprints}}, shorttitle = {Totoli's {{Art}} of {{Lelegesan}}}, timestamp = {2022-12-05T09:33:45.000+0100}, title = {Totoli's {{Art}} of {{Lelegesan}}: {{Analyzing Sociocultural Context}} and {{Musical Content}}}, year = 2022 }