Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Arrr you ready to analyze some sea shanties?!
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0:00 Intro
1:02 History and origin of Sea Shanties
3:40 Type of Sea Shanties and their musical characteristics
6:56 Analyzing vocal syllable content (ft. Mama Neely)
8:45 A brief meme history of the Wellerman/Tik Tok Shanties
11:18 Antiphonal Music

Some sources
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Very cool website where you can hear field recordings from Alan Lomax of sea shanties, work songs, and more!
research.culturalequity.org

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