About the ethnic-song „universals”: Polish-Belarus and Polish-Slovak border Jones

Abstract

In the context of the ethno genesis of Belarusian song culture examination and the coexistence of Baltic-Slavic elements in it, it is important to properly extract the Slavic musical stylistic complex. In this article it was presented through a few syllable rhythmic forms in various ritual and non-ritual song genres. The given formants represent vocal memes of pan-Slavic importance. Their mapping gives rhythmic ranges which unite the areas of Polish, Slovak and Belarusian border. The vocal musical slavicizms are present in the basins of Prypiat and Dnieper rivers and, which had not been noticed before, in the Upper Niemen (border zone of Minsk and Grodno regions).

The aspects of linguistic-musical analysis allow to show common types of vocal forms (compositions), which can be interpreted in two ways: a) as an evidence of affinity, cultural-The aspects of linguistic musical analysis allow to show common types of vocal forms (compositions), which can be interpreted in two ways: a) as an evidence of affinity, cultural-language homogeneity, b) as a result of convergence in the development of „language of culture” in different parts of analyzed region.