The microtonical intonation range in Kakataibo singing: a phonetic and musicological approach to no bana ‘iti

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https://doi.org/10.62230/antec.v5i2.127

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microtonalidad, cantos kakataibo, versificación, Amazonía

Abstract

In this article we propose a phonetic and musicological analysis of the traditional no bana ‘iti song of the Kakataibo, a group of the Pano linguistic family of the Peruvian Amazon, in order to contrast the results with what has been said by several authors about microtonalism as a characteristic of the song mentioned above. Based on the phonetic and musical analysis of the same, unlike other previous studies, which propose the existence of microtonic variations and a melody composed of two or three notes, in the present study we consider that the no bana ‘iti song is composed of two fluctuating notes: a first one being high (H), which falls on the first syllable and a second deep low one (L), which is associated with the rest of the melodic line. Finally, we will study the interaction of these two fluctuating notes with the Kakataibo meter and we will apply this proposal to the ñoxakwati song as an example for future analysis.

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Author Biographies

  • Alejandro Prieto Mendoza, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

    He is a linguist and musician. He has a master's degree in Linguistics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and a doctorate in Amazonian Studies from the National University of Colombia, located in the Amazon. He has published on verbal art of Amazonian songs in specialized international journals and works on the linguistic and musicological documentation of the Amazon. He is currently a professor of the Master's Degree in Andean Archeology at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.

  • Ricardo López Alcas, Universidad Nacional de Música

    He is a multi-instrumentalist musician, with percussion studies at the National Conservatory of Music of Peru. He has a bachelor's degree in Musicology from the National University of Music and a bachelor's degree in Art and Culture from the José María Arguedas National Folklore School, in Lima. He has published musicological articles. He participated as a speaker and artist in the II Congress of Ethnomusicology of the Faculty of Music of the Autonomous University of Mexico (2018), in the II Meeting of Archaeomusicology of the Americas at the University of the Andes (Colombia, 2019) and in the VIII Academic Conference of Music Sciences of the National Conservatory of Ecuador (2021). He was a member of various musical groups, including the National Folklore Ensemble of Peru (2013-2019).

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2021-12-15

How to Cite

Prieto Mendoza, A., & López Alcas, R. (2021). The microtonical intonation range in Kakataibo singing: a phonetic and musicological approach to no bana ‘iti. Antec: Revista Peruana De Investigación Musical, 5(2), 83-105. https://doi.org/10.62230/antec.v5i2.127

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