Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
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Second phase:
Immigration stop in 1974 (< economic crisis) Family reunification, family formation
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Methodology
Ethographic study
KIND
OF EVENT
Cultural festival (Kltr leni) Turkish evening Circumcision party (Snnet dn) Trk evening Open day of Intercultural Center
Festival (Caf) concert Celebration important life event (Caf) concert Festival
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29 Jan. 2012
10 Feb. 2012 16 Mar. 2012 16 Mar. 2012 08 Apr. 2012 18 Apr. 2012 30 Apr. 2012 08 May 2012 18 May 2012 18 May 2012 20 May 2012
Ghent
Ghent Ghent Ghent Nazareth Temse Ghent Ghent Ghent Ghent Ghent
Trk evening
Turkish evening Karaoke evening of student club (Sra gecesi) Turkish evening Wedding party (Dn) Suvermez night (Suvermez gecesi) Trk evening Caf concert Trk evening Jam Student festival world music school
(Caf) concert
(Caf) concert Formal social gathering (Caf) concert Celebration important life event Formal social gathering (Caf) concert (Caf) concert (Caf) concert Informal social gathering Festival
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27 May 2012 1 Mar. 2013
Ghent
Wachtebeke Ghent
Cem
Open-air festival (Seyran) Official opening of music caf
Religious service
Festival Inauguration
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Performance
Trk bars, Intercultural Center, associations & organizations, other performances
Education
Centrality of the balama
Formal / Informal Municipal music schools, associations, private
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Instruments
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Events
Instruments
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Amplification
Combination with voice Ubiquitous
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Instruments
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Events
Instruments
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Concert Caf concert Festival Concert Caf concert Festival Concert Caf concert Karaoke evening
Jazz influence
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Tonal harmonies (chords, sequences) Equal temperament in favor of microtones Insertion of virtuoso phrases, ornaments, scales, chromaticism, arpeggios, second voices, doubling of the melody in thirds/sixths Jazz scales and harmonies Swing Equal temperament in favor of microtones Formal procedures of jazz (theme - impro - theme) Vocal or instrumental timbre, sound of pop music Pop harmonizations Standardized microtonal intervals or equal temperament Higher amplification of balama sound Less regional characteristics, less ornaments Repetition, riffs Regular metres Pop sound: hard beats, heavy basses, high amplification, distortion, sound effects Pop harmonizations Electr(on)ic instruments instead of acoustic instruments Fast tempos, regular metres Repetitition, riffs, Standardization, simplification 2. INTERNATIONALES BALAMA-SYMPOSIUM 15
Jazz influence
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Example 1
Monophonic, bourdon, parallel fourths/fifths Makams/ayaks, microtonal system Additive rhythms, changing metres Regional tavr, az, ornaments
Cem
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Tonal harmonies (chords, sequences) Equal temperament in favor of microtones Insertion of virtuoso phrases, ornaments, scales, chromaticism, arpeggios, second voices, doubling of the melody in thirds/sixths Jazz scales and harmonies Swing Equal temperament in favor of microtones Formal procedures of jazz (theme - impro - theme) Vocal or instrumental timbre, sound of pop music Pop harmonizations Standardized microtonal intervals or equal temperament Higher amplification of balama sound Less regional characteristics, less ornaments Repetition, riffs Regular metres Pop sound: hard beats, heavy basses, high amplification, distortion, sound effects Pop harmonizations Electr(on)ic instruments instead of acoustic instruments Fast tempos, regular metres Repetitition, riffs, Standardization, simplification 2. INTERNATIONALES BALAMA-SYMPOSIUM 17
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Example 2
Vocal or instrumental timbre, sound of pop music Pop harmonizations Standardized microtonal intervals or equal temperament Higher amplification of balama sound Less regional characteristics, less ornaments Repetition, riffs Regular metres
Example 3
Overt pop influence Pop sound: hard beats, heavy basses, high amplification, distortion, sound effects Pop harmonizations Electr(on)ic instruments instead of acoustic instruments Fast tempos, regular metres Repetitition, riffs, Standardization, simplification
Circumcision party
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1. Trk evening
3. Circumcision party
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4. Cem
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Conclusion
Contextual level
Similarities: Cultural meanings and symbolic values Way of functioning in different kinds of musical events
Setting in diaspora
Extra dimension
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Questions or remarks?
liselotte.sels@hogent.be
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