The Cognitive Continuum of Electronic Music. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anil Çamci.
• Authors: Çamci, Anil
• Contents: List of FiguresIntroductionOverview of the Book1. Defining Electronic Music Early Years of Electronic Music The Electronic Medium Non-musical Sound Birth of the Electronic Music Studio A New Frontier Electronic Music Nomenclature The Medium is the Genre Acousmatic Music Electroacoustic Music Broadening Horizons2. Situating the Electronic Music Experience Foundations of Musical Behavior Evolutionary Perspectives From Biology to Culture The Material and Language of Music Music and Emotion Affect in Music Experiential Idiosyncrasies of Electronic Music The Composer, who is also a Listener From Parameters to Instincts Complexity of Listening An Amalgamation of Languages Threads of Communication in Electronic Music The Poietic Thread The Esthesic Thread3. A Study on Listening Imagination A Cognitive Approach Experimental Studies on Electronic Music 'Talking about music is like…' Stimuli Birdfish (2012, 4'40') Sound Design Form Element Yon (2011, 3'45') Sound Design Form Christmas 2013 (2011, 2'16') Sound Design Form Diegese (2013, 1'54') Sound Design Form Touche pas (by Curtis Roads, 2009, 5'30') Study Design Preliminary Studies Participants Setup Procedure Initial Listening Session General Impressions Task Real-time Descriptors Exercise Real-time Descriptors Task Results Data Visualizations Single-timeline Dynamic Visualization Multiple-timeline Visualization Analysis Methods Categorization of Descriptors Comparative Analysis Correspondence Analysis Discourse Analysis4. The Electronic Gesture Events in the Environment Environmental Sounds Models of Mental Representation Affordances Gestures in Electronic Music …is a meaningful narrative unit… …operates within causal networks… …coexists with other gestures in various temporal and spatial configurations… …implies intentionality5. Worldmaking in Electronic Music Diegesis An Interdisciplinary Contextualization of Diegesis Coalescence of Mimesis and Diegesis Presentationality Narrativity Diegetic Affordances and Affect Music as A Diegetic Actor Quoting Music within Music A Diegetic Actor as Music: Electronic Music and Science Fiction6. Tracing the Continuum Domains of Experience The Physical Domain Awareness of the Physical Self Stream Segregation Habituation The Semantic Domain Effects of Semantic Context Semantic Gestalts Signs of Life Contacts Between the Two Domains Inside and Outside the Diegesis Sense of Time Experienced Listeners Presence of the Composer in the Work Case Study: Little Animals Macro-scale Analysis Gestural Layers Organic and Environmental Sounds Physical Causalities Pitched and Droning Elements Temporal Flow Diegetic Disposition of the ListenerCodaAcknowledgmentsBibliography.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (216 pages)
• Subjects: Music recording & reproduction; Electronic musical instruments; Theory of music & musicology; Music -- Genres & Styles -- Electronic; Science -- Cognitive Science; Technology & Engineering -- Acoustics & Sound; Electronic music
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501357138; 1501357131
• Related ISBNs: 9781501357121
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