Body and Force in Music : Metaphoric Constructions in Music Psychology
Our understanding of music is inherently metaphorical, and metaphoricity pervades all sorts of musical discourses, be they theoretical, analytical, philosophical, pedagogical, or even scientific. The notions of "body" and "force" are the two most pervasive and comprehensive scien...
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| Language: | English |
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Routledge,
2022
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction The human body and musical instruments Conceptual dimension of metaphoric construction Force and agency "Body and force" and "body versus force" The discursive space and disciplinary identity of music psychology Metaphors as shorthand for music psychologyRoadmapHistoricizing music psychology Chapter 1. The Musicking Body-machine Music, machine, and the body The emergence of the "human motor" model Rhythm: "an inevitable corollary from the persistence of forces" Psychological studies in the era of rhythm Musical rhythm and laborRhythm in the "body culture" The "irrational," continuous rhythm Rhythm and the piano-playing body Concluding remarksChapter 2. "A Force of Nature": Tracing Voice Animal, machine, and voice Speech theory of music Voice, the body machine, and the issue of agency Voice as both object and subject Voice of the "primitive" soul Recorded Voice "Dragging movement" "How the voice looks" Concluding remarksChapter 3. Motion, Force, and "Rhythm Form"The "'co-working of motion' with one's own will" Piano theories Motion in piano playing Force and the will The will, physiology, and piano-playing Force and posture Action-perception coupling at the turn of the twentieth century "Rhythmic massing" Concluding remarks Chapter 4. Minding Gaps and Musical Energy The ball analogy The human motor capable of locomotion Capturing the musicking body Music as streams of energy Gliding between tones The agency of motion Revisiting the ball analogy Music as motion across disciplines and times Concluding remarks Chapter 5. Force at a Distance Force acting at a distance In the words of amateur pianists and psychologists Force affecting the audience The metaphor of vibratory waves in psychology Force at a distance and The power of sound"Brain waves" in communication Inhibition and waves in music psychology The vibratory energy of music "Sympathetic oscillation" Concluding remarks Epilogue Bibliography Index