Sound Actions

Conceptualizing Musical Instruments

Alexander Refsum Jensenius

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MIT Press
31 January 2023

Theory of music & musicology

A techno-cognitive look at how new technologies are shaping the future of musicking.

A techno-cognitive look at how new technologies are shaping the future of musicking.

""Musicking"" encapsulates both the making of and perception of music, so it includes both active and passive forms of musical engagement. But at its core, it is a relationship between actions and sounds, between human bodies and musical instruments. Viewing musicking through this lens and drawing on music cognition and music technology, Sound Actions proposes a model for understanding differences between traditional acoustic ""sound makers"" and new electro-acoustic ""music makers.""

What is a musical instrument? How do new technologies change how we perform and perceive music? What happens when composers build instruments, performers write code, perceivers become producers, and instruments play themselves? The answers to these pivotal questions entail a meeting point between interactive music technology and embodied music cognition, what author Alexander Refsum Jensenius calls ""embodied music technology."" Moving between objective description and subjective narrative of his own musical experiences, Jensenius explores why music makes people move, how the human body can be used in musical interaction, and how new technologies allow for active musical experiences. The development of new music technologies, he demonstrates, has fundamentally changed how music is performed and perceived.

By: Alexander Refsum Jensenius
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262544634
ISBN 10: 0262544636
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 31 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments ix Prelude xi Part I Musicking 1 Music as an Active Process 3 2 Music as an Embodied Process 23 3 Musical Instruments 39 Part II Embodiment 4 Music-Related Body Motion 53 5 Functional Aspects 71 6 Representations of Sound Actions 85 Part III Interaction 7 Action–Sound Couplings 99 8 Action–Sound Mappings 123 9 Spationtemporality 159 Part IV Affection 10 From Ivory to Silicone 177 11 Unconventional Instruments 205 12 Performing in the Air 219 Postlude 243 Bibliography 253 Index 281

Alexander Refsum Jensenius is Professor of Music Technology at the University of Oslo.