James B Morford
Biographic Data
| ID | 683252 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James B Morford |
| GIVEN NAMES | James B |
| FAMILY NAME | Morford |
| SIGNATURE | MORFORD J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Metric Modes and Fluid Meter in Mande Drumming Music
This article proposes a model that unites a broad range of performances of Mande drumming music within a single cohesive and fluid sub-beat metric framework. The framework categorizes musical performance in terms of two metric modes, each of which includes a set of metric cycles featuring non-isochronous pulsations. A novel feature of the proposed model that distinguishes it from previous research is that it frames metric non-isochrony in terms o…
The Revolution's Echoes
Beyond Ebola
James B. Morford, Beyond Ebola: Fundraising and the Impact of Ebola on Music and Dance Tourism in Guinea, Africa Today, Vol. 63, No. 3, Mobilizing Musical Performance and Expressive Culture in the Ebola 2014 Epidemic (Spring 2017), pp. 45-60
Get-in-the-groove music
The expressive capacities of young children in music are understood to develop naturally from infancy, and are home-grown in families where music is valued and present. The act of ‘rhythmicking’, which is engagement in some manner of rhythmic behaviour, is one of children’s expressive features long before they are introduced to musical study in some formal or systematic manner. With a conscious attention to the application of a community music se…
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Get-in-the-groove music
The expressive capacities of young children in music are understood to develop naturally from infancy, and are home-grown in families where music is valued and present. The act of ‘rhythmicking’, which is engagement in some manner of rhythmic behaviour, is one of children’s expressive features long before they are introduced to musical study in some formal or systematic manner. With a conscious attention to the application of a community music se…
Beyond Ebola
James B. Morford, Beyond Ebola: Fundraising and the Impact of Ebola on Music and Dance Tourism in Guinea, Africa Today, Vol. 63, No. 3, Mobilizing Musical Performance and Expressive Culture in the Ebola 2014 Epidemic (Spring 2017), pp. 45-60
The Revolution's Echoes
Metric Modes and Fluid Meter in Mande Drumming Music
This article proposes a model that unites a broad range of performances of Mande drumming music within a single cohesive and fluid sub-beat metric framework. The framework categorizes musical performance in terms of two metric modes, each of which includes a set of metric cycles featuring non-isochronous pulsations. A novel feature of the proposed model that distinguishes it from previous research is that it frames metric non-isochrony in terms o…
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