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Sources, adaptations and innovation
The rise of a sung literary genre
A strange absence
The West Central Sudanic belt
Blues recordings compared with material from the Central Sudanic Savannah
Some characteristics of the blues
Why did a West Central Sudanic style cluster prevail in the blues?
Heterophonic versus homophonic multi-part schemes
The blues tonal system
The "Flatted Fifth"
The 12-Bar Blues form in South African kwela and its reinterpretation
Return to the western Sudan.
The rise of a sung literary genre
A strange absence
The West Central Sudanic belt
Blues recordings compared with material from the Central Sudanic Savannah
Some characteristics of the blues
Why did a West Central Sudanic style cluster prevail in the blues?
Heterophonic versus homophonic multi-part schemes
The blues tonal system
The "Flatted Fifth"
The 12-Bar Blues form in South African kwela and its reinterpretation
Return to the western Sudan.