This volume contains articles most of which present empirical studies in the field of systematic musicology. Contributions in particular deal with aspects of melody including modeling and computer-assisted analysis as well as with various issues in sound and music perception, musical acoustics and psychoacoustics. Topics range from loudness perception in ‘Techno’ music to sound radiation in classical singing styles, and from timbre research to wave field synthesis and room acoustics. One focus of this volume is on pop and rock music, another is on ethno and folk music. In addition to empirical investigations, theoretical and methodological issues are addressed including some fundamental concepts in ethnomusicology and folk music scholarship.

Albrecht Schneider, born in 1949, is Professor of Systematic Musicology at the Institute of Musicology, University of Hamburg. Among his many publications is , Frankfurt am Main, 2008. Arne von Ruschkowski, born in 1976, is a member of the scientific staff at the Institute of Musicology, University of Hamburg. He currently finishes his PhD research on loudness perception.

Contents: Albrecht Schneider/Arne von Ruschkowski: Introduction – Albrecht Schneider/Arne von Ruschkowski: Techno, Decibels, and Politics: an Empirical Study of Modern Dance Music Productions, Sound Pressure Levels, and ‘Loudness Perception’ – Daniel Müllensiefen/Geraint Wiggins: Polynomial Functions as a Representation of Melodic Phrase Contour – Klaus Frieler/Frank Höger/Jörg Korries: - An Integrated Retrieval, Analysis and E-learning Platform for Melody Research – Albrecht Schneider/Valeri Tsatsishvili: Perception of Musical Intervals at Very Low Frequencies: Some Experimental Findings – Robert Mores: Nasality in Musical Sounds - a few Intermediate Results – Florian Pfeifle: Air Modes in Stringed Lute-like Instruments from Africa and China – Tim Ziemer: Psychoacoustic Effects in Wave Field Synthesis Applications – Orie Takada: Sound Radiation Patterns in Classical Singing Styles – Andreas Beurmann/Albrecht Schneider: Some Observations on a Stein-Conrad Hammerflügel from 1793 – Rolf Bader/Albrecht Schneider: Playing «Live» at the : Reconstructing the Room Acoustics of a Famous Music Hall – Till Strauf: «You Don’t See the Stitching» - Some Comments on Stylistic Diversity in Rock Using the Example of Jethro Tull – Jan Clemens Moeller: Comments about Joni Mitchell´s Composing Techniques and Guitar Style – Ulrich Morgenstern: Egalitarianism and Elitism in Ethnomusicology and Folk Music Scholarship – Rolf Bader: Buddhism, Animism, and Entertainment in Cambodian Melismatic Chanting - History and Tonal System – Rytis Ambrazevičius: Concerning the Question of «Loosely-Knit» Roughly Equidistant Scale in Traditional Music. Inhaltsverzeichnis