Pour une théorie de l'aksak

Jérôme Cler (1, 2)

1 IReMus - Institut de Recherche en Musicologie
2 CETOBaC - Centre d'études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques

By " Bulgarian rhythm " and " aksak " respectively, Bela B Constantin Brailoiu designated meters in which the ratio betwee long units was not 2 to 1, but rather 3 to 2. This irregularity is perceptible to western ears in fast tempi. The study of the mu southwestern part of Turkey shows that : (1) in equal tempo, the between different kinds of accents produce many rhythms preservi " aksak " character (i.e., strictly co-metric) ; (2) the same metric s found in any tempo, even in very slow ones in which the irregular not audible at once. In addition to the 3:2 ratio that generates most of aksak meters, we also find out that 4:3 and 5:4 ratios are theoretically possible. Finally, the " additive logic " of aksak can be combined with the " divisive logic " of western theory. Further investigations in this matter will therefore have to pay a close attention to these combinations of metrics.

Mots clés: Ethnomusicology; Rhythm analysis; Aksak

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie; Musique, musicologie et arts de la scène

Jérôme Cler. Pour une théorie de l'aksak. Revue de musicologie, 1994, 80 (2), pp.181-210. ⟨10.2307/947054⟩. ⟨halshs-03940899⟩