Ethnomusicology

Year 1: Introduction to ethnomusicology
The first year course introduces students to the different approaches that exist within ethnomusicology.
ethnomusicology. Traditional music is approached through the study of families of musical instruments
of musical instruments, the study of vocal techniques and the study of different types of melody and rhythm.
and rhythmic types. They are also situated in their socio-cultural dimension, which is inseparable from
production of sound in traditional societies.
The aim of this year is to develop a broader musical culture and to enrich listening skills, which are often based on the use of music.
listening, which in non-European societies is often based on different criteria and auditory
different from our own.

Course content
The major cultural areas and their music
Tradition, orality, virtuosity, artistic sense: ethnomusicologists' definitions
Organology and classification of world instruments
Vocal techniques throughout the world
Tonality, modality and pentatonism
Ethnological and cultural contexts

Year 2: Analytical ethnomusicology
The second year course focuses on the scientific analysis of musical languages used in traditional music.
in traditional music. Different methods of analysis are taught, which can be adapted to
to improvised music as well as to music established by tradition. This course is
close links with courses in the analysis of Western art music but, in the case of ethnomusicology
ethnomusicology, it also raises the question of the relevance and significance of the elements of language for local musicians.
for local musicians.
The aim of this second year is to acquire a toolbox for ethnomusicological analysis and to
the mastery of re-usable analysis protocols.

Course content
Recording and video in ethnomusicology
The role of transcription in ethnomusicology
Digital analysis tools (EAnalysis, Praat, Acousmographe)
Statistical analysis
Melodic analysis
Structural analysis
Rhythmic analysis
Spectral analysis
Please note: each year, the courses are based on musical examples from the five
continents.

This course is one of the complementary disciplines required for the^2nd cycle musicology degree conferring a master's degree (see study programme for the 2nd cycle musicology degree). It is open to all Conservatoire students (subject to availability).

Direct access to^2nd year :

• Written test: commentary on a video guided by questions relating to musical instruments or voices, and the functions of music. Duration: 2 hours
• Oral after correction of the written test: interview to ensure that the student is in the right frame of mind and to assess his/her skills in more detail. Time allowed: 10 minutes.

ASSESSMENT YEAR 1: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
- Attendance (25% of final grade);
- Completion of reading sheets (25% of final grade);
- Written test to assess acquisition of concepts covered in class (25% of final grade);
- Commentary on video and text documents presenting traditional music
and the context in which it is usually played, to assess the candidate's knowledge of world
instruments and voices of the world and their ability to make plausible
the functions of a piece of music (25% of the final mark).

ASSESSMENT YEAR 2: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT AND FINAL EXAM

Continuous assessment (out of 20)
- Attendance (25% of the final mark);
- Written test: analysis, during the course, of two extracts of traditional music (25% of the final mark).

Final examination :
- Oral test: 20 minutes presentation of a musical analysis of a piece chosen by the candidate and
the candidate and 10 minutes of questions from the jury (50% of the final mark).

Awards:

At the end of the first year: Certificate (validates the DCO) ;
At the end of the second year: Certificat mention Très Bien, Bien ou Assez-Bien (validates the DCI and the DCO).

2 years (direct entry to 2nd year possible on the basis of an entrance test)