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

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

Ito, John Paul

Hardcover

Series: Musical Meaning and Interpretation

AnthropologyGeneral MusicMusic Theory

ISBN10: 0253049938
ISBN13: 9780253049933
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: Jan 5 2021
Pages: 398
Weight: 1.73
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Music is surrounded by movement, from the arching back of the guitarist to the violinist swaying with each bow stroke.

To John Paul Ito, these actions are not just a visual display; rather, they reveal what it really means for musicians to move with the beat, organizing the flow of notes from beat to beat and shaping the sound produced. By developing focal impulse theory, Ito shows how a performer's choices of how to move with the meter can transform the music's expressive contours. Change the dance of the performer's body, and you change the dance of the notes.

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

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