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1、HayesandMacEachernFolkVerseForminEnglish:Appendicesp.12OnlineAppendicestoHayesandMacEachern,“FolkVerseForminEnglish”toappearinLanguageThematerialherewouldnotfitintoourarticle“FolkVerseForminEnglish,”butseemsrelevantandalsoperhapslaystorestissuesthatmightcallthemainanalysisintoquest
2、ion.Wethereforehavechosentomakeitelectronicallyaccessible.AppendixA:OntheReliabilityofGridTranscriptionFolksongsexistedlargelyinanoraltradition,andweresungalmostexclusivelybyindividualswhoknewnomusicalnotation.Thefieldworkerswhosetthefolksongsdownonpaperlistenedtothesongsandreliedo
3、ntheirrhythmicintuitionsandformalmusicaltrainingtoestablishanappropriategraphicdepictionofthesongs’rhythm.Inourownwork,weexaminedthemusicalnotationofthefieldworkers,andconverteditintothegridsonwhichouranalysisisbased.Thequestionaddressedhereis:shouldtheresultinggridsbecountedaslegi
4、timatedata,oraretheymerelyalargepileofcapricious,subjectiveinterpretationsimposedbyourselvesandbythefieldworkers?First,withregardtotheconversionofmusicalnotationtogrids,theopportunitiesforanysubjectivejudgmentsonourparttoinfluencethetheoreticaloutcomearelow.Theonlypartsoftheconvers
5、iontaskthatarepotentiallysubjectivearetheestablishmentofgridstructureabovethelevelsindicatedbymusicalbarlines(usually,nothingdependsonwhatthisstructureis),andthedivisionofthetemporallycontinuousgridintolines.Inourexperience,anysubtlejudgmentcallsthatariseinthelattertaskdonotaffectt
6、heclassificationofthelinesbyrhythmiccadence,andthuswouldnotaffectourresults.Second,wemustconsiderthehardertaskfacedbythemusicalfieldworker;thatofestablishingtherhythmicstructurefrompurelyauditoryimpressions.Ingeneral,wethinkthattranscriptionascarriedoutbyskilledmusiciansissufficien
7、tlyreliableforourpurposes.Thecrucialfactisthatthetranscriptionprocessshowshighintersubjectivereliability:whenthesamesongisreducedtonotationbyindependentobservers,theyusuallyobtainthesameresults,differingonlyinnonessentialdetail.Toelaborateonthispoint,wewishtodescribeaquiterareoccur
8、rence,oneinwhichdifferentm
