Sources, adaptations and innovation -- The rise of a sung literary genre -- A strange absence -- The West Central Sudanic belt -- Blues recordings compared with material from the Central Sudanic Savannah -- Some characteristics of the blues -- Why did a West Central Sudanic style cluster prevail in the blues? -- Heterophonic versus homophonic multi-part schemes -- The blues tonal system -- The "Flatted Fifth" -- The 12-Bar Blues form in South African kwela and its reinterpretation -- Return to the western Sudan
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and indexes
Notes
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