Share
Musical Forces: Motion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music (Musical Meaning and Interpretation) (in English)
Steve Larson (Author)
·
Indiana Univ Pr
· Hardcover
Musical Forces: Motion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music (Musical Meaning and Interpretation) (in English) - Steve Larson
$ 42.06
$ 49.95
You save: $ 7.89
Choose the list to add your product or create one New List
✓ Product added successfully to the Wishlist.
Go to My WishlistsIt will be shipped from our warehouse between
Tuesday, June 18 and
Wednesday, June 19.
You will receive it anywhere in United States between 1 and 3 business days after shipment.
Synopsis "Musical Forces: Motion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music (Musical Meaning and Interpretation) (in English)"
Steve Larson drew on his 20 years of research in music theory, cognitive linguistics, experimental psychology, and artificial intelligence―as well as his skill as a jazz pianist―to show how the experience of physical motion can shape one’s musical experience. Clarifying the roles of analogy, metaphor, grouping, pattern, hierarchy, and emergence in the explanation of musical meaning, Larson explained how listeners hear tonal music through the analogues of physical gravity, magnetism, and inertia. His theory of melodic expectation goes beyond prior theories in predicting complete melodic patterns. Larson elegantly demonstrated how rhythm and meter arise from, and are given meaning by, these same musical forces.
