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oral-diffusion · adler1974-manual-formulaic-composition
- Claim ID
- oral-diffusion
- Assertion
- Adler argued the formulaic model explains the rapid spread of the banjo styles: transmission was largely one-to-one and oral, and because the underlying structure of bluegrass stayed the same, players could take up a new style by substituting its formulae. He proposed that amateurs adopt the formulae of prominent professionals as commonplaces, maintaining a traditional sound.
- Quote
The explanation clearly rests on the idea that banjoists learned the new styles on a formulaic level, and since the basic structural nature of bluegrass has not changed, they can play a new style merely by substituting the appropriate formulae.
- Quote language
- en
- Locator
- page: 58–59
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