Folk song style and culture

Lomax, Alan

Folk song style and culture

American Association for the Advancement of Science • Washington DC • Published In 1968 • Pages: 170-203 •

By Lomax, Alan

Hypothesis

"Increasing complexity tends to normalize voice qualities. . . . Nasalized tone and narrow . . . tone . . . [have a strong] negative relationship to good vocal blend" (193)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Gamma	Supported	p<.05	.37	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Normalized Voice Qualities In Song	`UNKNOWN`	Music
Social Complexity	`UNKNOWN`	Sociocultural Trends

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Lomax, Alan	1968	"Increasing complexity tends to normalize voice qualities…nasalized tone and narrow…tone…[have a strong] negative relationship to good vocal blend" (193).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Mehr, Samuel A.	2019	The acoustic properties of a song are positively correlated to behavior contexts cross-culturally.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Erickson, Edwin E.	1976	There is a relationship between melodic ornamentation and sociocomplexity.	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lomax, Alan	1968	Social complexity is positively associated with the following characteristics of song styles: wordiness, precision of articulation, explicitness, and narrow melodic intervals (128-137).	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Mehr, Samuel A.	2019	A song's melodic complexity predicts its context.	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

Folk song style and culture

American Association for the Advancement of Science • Washington DC • Published In 1968 • Pages: 170-203 • Cite

By Lomax, Alan

Hypothesis

Test

Variables

Related Hypotheses

American Association for the Advancement of Science • Washington DC • Published In 1968 • Pages: 170-203 •