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Studies, critical theory, dance, folklore and linguistics.

Such as music psychology, music education, historical musicology, performance Other methodologies, often entering into dialogue with other disciplinary areas MusicĮthnography may be synthesised with a variety of analytical, historical and Study of all musics, including Western art music and popular musics. defined broadly as the study of "people making music", and encompassing the The journal seeks to provide a dynamicįorum for the presentation of new thinking in the field of ethnomusicology Of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology. The British Journal of Ethnomusicology is the refereed journal The paper questions whether these findings might be relevant to other musical genres of the Andes, and considers the problems of perception in the transcription and analysis of Andean music. It is shown that the first syllable of a phrase is treated as a functional "downbeat" and, despite outsiders' perceptions, the anacrusis appears to be absent from the Quechua and Aymara musical genres of the region. This phenomenon is addressed through an exploration of the unequal proportions and accent placement in the charango accompaniment, and an analysis of stress patterns of Quechua (and Aymara), the languages in which these songs are sung. The "Easter songs" which form the focus of this study, present particular problems of rhythmic perception for outsiders to the culture (such as the authors), who often tend to misperceive these songs as anacrustic. It examines the interaction of a variety of processes underlying the rhythmic structure and perception of a song genre of the Bolivian Andes: these include linguistic prosody, movement patterns, perceptual constraints and the dynamics of the culture's musical aesthetics. This paper is the result of a collaboration between an ethnomusicologist (Henry Stobart) and music psychologist (Ian Cross).