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Focal Impulse Theory : Musical Expression, Meter, and the Body

As Focal Impulse Theory deftly illustrates, bodily movements carry musical meaning and, in a very real sense, are meaning.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ito, John Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Accessing Audiovisual Materials
  • Preface
  • Copyright Acknowledgments
  • Part 1. Introduction
  • 1. Introducing the Focal Impulse and Its Theory
  • 2. Foundations in Music Theory and Cognitive Science
  • Part 2. Basic Focal Impulse Theory
  • 3. The Basic Concept of the Focal Impulse
  • 4. Focal Impulses and Meter: The Simplest Cases
  • 5. The Sound of Focal Impulses
  • 6. More on Focal Impulses and Meter
  • 7. Focal Impulses and Characters of Syncopation
  • Part 3. Expanding Focal Impulse Theory
  • 8. Special Cases of Focal Impulse Placement
  • 9. Anticipations and Secondary Focal Impulses
  • 10. Inflecting Focal Impulses Downward and Upward
  • 11. More Advanced Uses of Inflected Impulse Cycles
  • 12. Performing Metrical Dissonance
  • Part 4. Connecting Focal Impulse Theory
  • 13. Connections with Psychology
  • 14. Connections with Other Music Scholarship
  • Part 5. Applying Focal Impulse Theory
  • 15. Metrical Dissonance in Brahms
  • 16. The First Movements of the Brahms Sonatas op. 120
  • Conclusions: Placing Focal Impulse Theory in Larger Contexts
  • Glossary: Focal Impulse Symbols and Their Definitions
  • References
  • Discography