Expanded ethnomusicology categories for the Outline of Cultural Materials

by Kenneth R. Hollingsworth

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Summary

To help researchers make better distinctions in categorizing words and observations related to ethnomusicology, LinguaLinks has added subcategories and identifying numbers for the Music category in the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). With just a few exceptions, the subcategories follow those suggested in the prose description of the OCM.

533 Music subcategories

533 Music--General subcategories

533a: Attitudes toward music

533c: Composition of music

533e: Events/occasions for music

533i: Instrumental music

533p: Music specialists/performers

533u: Music systems in use

533o: Musical organizations

533t: Musical training and appreciation

533v: Vocal music (solo and ensemble)

533 Music--Technical subcategories

533y: Melody

533m: Meter and tempo

533f: Musical form and structure

533h: Musical texture (harmony)

533r: Rhythm

533s: Scale

533g: Song genres

533x: Text setting

533b: Timbre

534 Musical Instruments subcategories

534i: Idiophones

534i1: Struck together (concussion)

534i2: Struck

534i3: Rubbed

534i4: Scraped

534i5: Stamped

534i6: Shaken

534i7: Plucked

534m: Membranophones

534m1: Cylindrical drum

534m2: Conical drum

534m3: Barrel drum

534m4: Hourglass drum

534m5: Goblet drum

534m6: Footed drum

534m7: Long drum

534m8: Kettle or pot drum

534m9: Frame drum

534m10: Friction drum

534m11: Mirliton/kazoo

534c: Chordophones

534c1: Zither

534c2: Lute (plucked)

534c3: Lute (bowed)

534c4: Harp

534c5: Lyre

534c6: Bow

534a: Aerophones

534a1: End-blown flute

534a2: Side-blown flute

534a3: Nose flute

534a4: Globular flute

534a5: Multiple flutes

534a6: Panpipes

534a7: Whistle mouthpiece

534a8: Single reed

534a9: Double reed

534a10: Air chamber

534a11: Lip vibrated (trumpet or horn)

534a12: Free aerophone

534e: Electrophones

534s: Special instruments

534x: Complex mechanical instruments

534r: Care and repair of musical instruments