Harvest Song from Bulgaria
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Uploaded by etymophony on Dec 22, 2011
Some people in the West think simultaneously sounded semitones are discordant. They'll tell you fourths, fifths and octaves are natural consonances because they correspond to simple pitch ratios but omit to mention the acoustic complexity of thirds and sixths in the 'common triads' of our equal-tone temperament, not to mention the tritone inside virtually every single standard jazz chord. Some will cite the common use of semitones in movie horror scenes as 'proof' that the interval is 'naturally' discordant on a global scale. This clip demonstrates that such assumptions are as false as they are ethnocentric because the seven women heard here are definitely having fun singing at a semitone's interval from each other for at least half of this harvest song. You will hear a 1965 field recording from the village of Madjare (Маджаре), S.W. Bulgaria, by Deben Bhattacharya for the Swedish State Concert Agency's (Rikskonserters) Expo Norr/Caprice Label (RIKS LPX 4). Comments in this video are by Prof Claire Levy (Sofia) and myself.
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Do you know if there are any videos of this particular song? I'm currently doing some research into laughter and music. I notice in the photo here that at least one of the women is definitely laughing. I'm considering using this as a case study but it would be good to see whether her laughter is due to the musical stimulus (they look like they may have just stopped singing, but it's difficult to tell) or because the photographer has just told a good joke or something. Thanks in advance!
Grandmasterbirch 2 months ago