Song as a measure of culture

Folk Song Style and Culture • American Association for the Advancement of Science • Washington, D.C. • Published In • Pages: 117-169 •
By Lomax, Alan

Hypothesis

"The five levels of performance style relate to [a] scale of increasingly complex governmental types in a remarkably stepwise way" (159-160).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of percentagesSupportedNot ApplicableUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Alternation Of Leader And ChorusDependentMusic
Interlocked Choral SongsDependentMusic
Level Of Political IntegrationIndependentTerritorial Hierarchy
Overlap With ChorusDependentMusic
Solo And Explicit Words In SongDependentMusic
Unison Choral SongsDependentMusic