• 48 600 måter å spille en slått på : om variabilitet i Truls Ørpens transkripsjoner 

      Omholt, Per Åsmund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      This is the second article based on a research project at Telemark University College, where I have aimed to record the entire material of fiddle tunes that Truls Ørpen (1880–1958) wrote down from his own local community ...
    • "Fleksibelt metrum" -noen refleksjoner med utgangspunkt i norsk vokal folkemusikk 

      Kvifte, Tellef (Chapter, 2005)
      Et ofte nevnt særtrekk i norsk folkemusikk er de metriske/rytmiske forholdene. Forfatteren tar utgangspunkt i metriske målinger av vokal folkemusikk framført av Aslak Brekke og ser på om disse kan bidra til å beskrive takt ...
    • Mælefjøllvisa - toner i bevegelse : om intonasjon i vokal folkemusikk 

      Omholt, Per Åsmund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      The article is based on a case study, where a recording from 1937 with the traditional performer Aslak Brekke from Vinje, Telemark (1901-1978), has been the subject of technical measurement and analysis. The study points ...
    • Om kadensformlene i springar og pols 

      Omholt, Per Åsmund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)
      This article focuses on the variety concerning the “cadenza formula” in the springar- and pols-types in the older Norwegian fiddle-music repertoire. For scholars, in transcribing the variety of local types of springar- ...
    • På jakt etter folkemusikkskalaen : et overblikk 

      Omholt, Per Åsmund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)
      In theories dealing with tonality in Norwegian and Scandinavian folk music, there has been a special focus on the assumed “old-agey” non-diatonic intervals, also referred to as floating or neutral intervals or blue notes. ...
    • Rhythm into style : studying assymmetrical grooves in Norwegian folk music 

      Johansson, Mats (Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2010-05-06)
      This thesis is a study of rhythm and timing in Norwegian traditional dance tunes called pols or springar in asymmetrical triple meter performed on the fiddle and Hardanger fiddle. This music is characterized by the following ...
    • "Svevende intervaller" - og svevende begrep 

      Kvifte, Tellef (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The article discusses the term “svevende tonalitet” (“floating tonality”) that is frequently used in descriptions of Norwegian traditional music. The term refers to variations in intonation patterns, but is used in ...
    • What is musical meter? 

      Johansson, Mats (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      This article discusses the concept of musical meter, its most common definitions and their implications for musical analysis. It is shown that the concept has been notoriously difficult to define and that the core of the ...