Tony Lewis :: percussionist, composer, and music educator

I submitted this thesis to the Music Department of the University of New England in 1999, in fulfilment of the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA Hons). It was awarded 1st Class Honours.

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Lewis, A.D. (1999). Rhythmic ambiguity in the Dagbamba drumming of Ghana, west Africa. Unpublished BA Hons thesis. (University of New England).

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Table of Contents	ii-iii	Lewis 1999, Introductory material
Declaration	iv	Lewis 1999, Introductory material
Acknowledgements	v-viii	Lewis 1999, Introductory material
Abstract	ix	Lewis 1999, Introductory material
List of Figures	x-xvi	Lewis 1999, Introductory material
A Note on the Transliteration of Dagbani Words	xvii-xviii	Lewis 1999, Introductory material
Chapter 1 - Introduction	1-12	Lewis 1999, Ch.1&2
Chapter 2 - Background	13-29	Lewis 1999, Ch.1&2
Chapter 3 - Music and Language	30-40	Lewis 1999, Ch.3&4
Chapter 4 - Notation of Dagbamba Drumming	41-57	Lewis 1999, Ch.3&4
Chapter 5 - Form and Structure in Dagbamba Drumming	58-88	Lewis 1999, Ch.5
Chapter 6 - Rhythmic Orientation and Rhythmic Ambiguity in Dagbamba Drumming	89-142	Lewis 1999, Ch.6 (part1): pp.89-117 Lewis 1999, Ch.6 (part2): pp.118-142
Chapter 7 - Rhythmic Indeterminacy in Dagbamba Drumming	143-156	Lewis 1999, Ch.7&8 & Biblio
Chapter 8 - Conclusion	157-161	Lewis 1999, Ch.7&8 & Biblio
Bibliography	162-166	Lewis 1999, Ch.7&8 & Biblio