01414nas a2200121   4500000000100000008004100001100002700042245007000069300001000139490000800149520111300157020002201270                                       d1 aDanka Lajic-Mihajlovic00aEthnomusicological research of the guslars  memory: a pilot study  a67-840 v1423 aThis paper concerns the research on guslars  memory (singers of epic songs accompanied by the gusle, a single-string bowed lute) in Serbia. In the context of research on improvisation-a principle of creating while performing, a comprehension of memorization strategies as part of music cognition is necessary. This kind of knowledge deems significant for deeper penetration into the centuries old survival of this genre in conditions of oral transmission. It is also a prerequisite for contriving measures for preservation of gusle singing, as one of representatives of intangible cultural heritage in Serbia and the Balkans. Particular attention in this paper is devoted to the actual research method-a specific solution as a result of work in one  national and regional ethnomusicology  whose research strategies are determined not only by the primary focus on regional musical practice, but by general conditions of the discipline growth in this region. The author of the present study designed the field research according to experimental psychology research examples, and realized it as a pilot project.  a978-86-80639-09-3