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- Title
- Guitar style, open tunings, and stringband music in Papua New Guinea
- Related
- Apwitihire : studies in Papua New Guinea musics 9
- Publisher
- Boroko, Papua New Guinea : Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies
- Date
- 2005
- Author/Creator
- Crowdy, Denis
- Description
- Acoustic guitar an ukulele based ensembles, known as stringbands, developed in Papua New Guinea in the second half of the twentieth century. A variety of regional stringband styles are evident, differentiated through language, singing style, ensemble texture, and rhythm. This book examines some unique stringband guitar styles, exploring different open tunings, playing styles, and how these contribute to regional style differentiation. The study offers an insight into the innovative use of introduced instruments, overseas popular music forms, and provides and example of musical adaptation to societal change through the development of relevant, vernacular styles.
- Subject Keyword
- Popular music--Papua New Guinea
- Subject Keyword
- Guitar music--Papua New Guinea
- Subject Keyword
- Stringed instruments--Papua New Guinea
- Subject Keyword
- Music--Social aspects--Papua New Guinea
- Subject Keyword
- Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs
- Resource Type
- book
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Contemporary Music Studies
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/22868
- Identifier
- ISBN:9980680482
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2005002637
- Language
- eng
