Seven Nation Army : med ett riff som sjungs till fotboll
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Summary, in English
This article investigates and discusses a football chant,
a riff from a popular rock song entitled “Seven Nation
Army” by the rock group The White Stripes from
Detroit, USA. The chant is sung by supporters at football
matches even in Sweden but also in corresponding social
contexts, as when high school students graduate or at
the pub. The survey, which was to by a reduction method
compare the riff with a standardized formula that occurs
in children’s communicative songs, has shown that they
have more in common, even though there are some
differences. These are interpreted more in the rhythm
and variation rate level than at the voiced, which means
that there are further reasonable grounds for believing
that the two melodies are structurally related. The
formula which is internationally widespread among
children at play, also occur both directly and indirectly
in popular music; it can consequently be described as a
sign or code containing possible universal expressions.
It is a mixture of music and language that can be close
to the fundamental human voice-based expression. Such
a factor may have biological as well as environmental
causes, where a combination of the two is likely. I’ve
used both musical notation and other graphic tools in
my study, as one of the aims of the article was trying
to make clear that music structures can accommodate
both internal and external sense at the same time. That
is to say that music communicates in parallel on several
levels that constantly overlap. In other words different
musical meanings depend on each other whether they
are clear or implied. Historically it seems an increase occurred for theuse of music at football games among both supporter
chants, which are variations of for example marches,
hymns, popular songs, hits and other similar music,
and more official songs and tunes which often belong
to the corresponding musical idiom. Some significant
reasons for this could be the development of the modern
pop and rock music, commercialism, people’s needs
for excitement and search for identity, together with
society’s various threats.
a riff from a popular rock song entitled “Seven Nation
Army” by the rock group The White Stripes from
Detroit, USA. The chant is sung by supporters at football
matches even in Sweden but also in corresponding social
contexts, as when high school students graduate or at
the pub. The survey, which was to by a reduction method
compare the riff with a standardized formula that occurs
in children’s communicative songs, has shown that they
have more in common, even though there are some
differences. These are interpreted more in the rhythm
and variation rate level than at the voiced, which means
that there are further reasonable grounds for believing
that the two melodies are structurally related. The
formula which is internationally widespread among
children at play, also occur both directly and indirectly
in popular music; it can consequently be described as a
sign or code containing possible universal expressions.
It is a mixture of music and language that can be close
to the fundamental human voice-based expression. Such
a factor may have biological as well as environmental
causes, where a combination of the two is likely. I’ve
used both musical notation and other graphic tools in
my study, as one of the aims of the article was trying
to make clear that music structures can accommodate
both internal and external sense at the same time. That
is to say that music communicates in parallel on several
levels that constantly overlap. In other words different
musical meanings depend on each other whether they
are clear or implied. Historically it seems an increase occurred for theuse of music at football games among both supporter
chants, which are variations of for example marches,
hymns, popular songs, hits and other similar music,
and more official songs and tunes which often belong
to the corresponding musical idiom. Some significant
reasons for this could be the development of the modern
pop and rock music, commercialism, people’s needs
for excitement and search for identity, together with
society’s various threats.
Department/s
Publishing year
2010
Language
Swedish
Pages
129-146
Publication/Series
Rig
Issue
3
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Föreningen för svensk kulturhistoria
Topic
- Ethnology
- Musicology
Keywords
- musicology
- sociology of sport
- hymnology
- semiotics
- ethnomusicology
- history of sport
- anthropology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0035-5267