Hypotheses
- "Ayres found a significant relation between childhood training for compliance and cohesive singing and the contrastive correlation of assertiveness with individualized singing" (191).Lomax, Alan - Social solidarity, 1968 - 2 Variables
This chapter examines the relationship between social cohesion (measured using variables like subsistence type, stable work teams, and settlement patterns) and musical cohesion. All hypotheses are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Vocal tension (narrow, nasal vocalizing) is far higher in non-complementary societies, where men perform all or most of the main subsistence tasks" (200).Lomax, Alan - Social solidarity, 1968 - 2 Variables
This chapter examines the relationship between social cohesion (measured using variables like subsistence type, stable work teams, and settlement patterns) and musical cohesion. All hypotheses are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Tonal cohesiveness and tonal relaxation . . . [and] polyphony in female choruses rise in direct proportion to the degree of feminine involvement in subsistence labor" (167-168)Lomax, Alan - Song as a measure of culture, 1968 - 4 Variables
This chapter explores the relationship between cultural complexity and song. Several measures of cultural complexity are correlated with different aspects of singing. All hypotheses are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Cohesive singing…occurs…more frequently…in stable societies and 'non-toppy' communities than elsewhere" (187).Lomax, Alan - Social solidarity, 1968 - 2 Variables
This chapter examines the relationship between social cohesion (measured using variables like subsistence type, stable work teams, and settlement patterns) and musical cohesion. All hypotheses are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Stable settlements contribute to an ability to sing together cohesively (188).Lomax, Alan - Social solidarity, 1968 - 2 Variables
This chapter examines the relationship between social cohesion (measured using variables like subsistence type, stable work teams, and settlement patterns) and musical cohesion. All hypotheses are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Solo singing…and diffuse choral performance…are likely to be found in cultures where unstable [work] teams are the rule" (184-185).Lomax, Alan - Social solidarity, 1968 - 3 Variables
This chapter examines the relationship between social cohesion (measured using variables like subsistence type, stable work teams, and settlement patterns) and musical cohesion. All hypotheses are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Mean number of instrument types per style sample appears as a correlate of social stratification" (155).Lomax, Alan - Song as a measure of culture, 1968 - 2 Variables
This chapter explores the relationship between cultural complexity and song. Several measures of cultural complexity are correlated with different aspects of singing. All hypotheses are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Where feminine premarital sexual activity is severely restricted or sanctioned, narrowing and nasality, both signs of tension, become prominent….Relaxed vocalizing is relatively uncommon" (195-196).Lomax, Alan - Social solidarity, 1968 - 3 Variables
This chapter examines the relationship between social cohesion (measured using variables like subsistence type, stable work teams, and settlement patterns) and musical cohesion. All hypotheses are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "The incidence of orchestral unison and one beat orchestral rhythm decreases with complexity. . . . The two most complex forms of organization of orchestral rhythm, counterpoint and heterophony [are] strongly associated with complex modes of production" (138, 139).Lomax, Alan - Song as a measure of culture, 1968 - 4 Variables
This chapter explores the relationship between cultural complexity and song. Several measures of cultural complexity are correlated with different aspects of singing. All hypotheses are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "The five levels of performance style relate to [a] scale of increasingly complex governmental types in a remarkably stepwise way" (159-160).Lomax, Alan - Song as a measure of culture, 1968 - 6 Variables
This chapter explores the relationship between cultural complexity and song. Several measures of cultural complexity are correlated with different aspects of singing. All hypotheses are supported.
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