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- Title
METRIC STRUCTURE OF BALKAN FOLK DANCES FORMS.
- Authors
Stanimirović, Milan; Mutavdžić, Vladimir
- Abstract
Specificity of metric structure of dancing forms of Balkan folk dances is certainly conditioned by the mentality, traditions and cultural and musical heritage of the Balkan nations. In addition to regular and simple musical and dancing meter, basic and recognizable feature of the Balkan dances is a complex and multiple meter dances, which is the bar. The aim of this research was oriented to the determination of the metric-structure of dancing forms of selected Balkan folk dances, as well as their individual variants. The research includes some of the most typical representatives of folk dances from Serbia, Bulgaria and Macedonia. 21 folk dances total 39 dancing forms were analyzed. The descriptive method was used during the research. Research results suggest that the Serbian folk dances are mainly characterized by the regular and simple musical meter, while the Bulgarian and Macedonian folk dances are characterized with great occurrence of odd and complex, as well as multiple musical dancing meter, that is the bar, in the analyzed forms of the selected folk dances. It is noticeable that in all analyzed Balkan folk dances musical and dancing accents match each other.
- Subjects
BALKAN Peninsula; MUSICAL meter &; rhythm; BALKAN folk dancing; SERBIAN folk dancing; MACEDONIAN folk dancing
- Publication
Activities in Physical Education & Sport, 2014, Vol 4, Issue 2, p125
- ISSN
1857-7687
- Publication type
Article