Measuring the Impacts of Extra-Musical Elements in Guitar Music Playing: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT: Philosophers, composers, and musicians have long argued whether instrumental music finds meaning in its formal structure and musical content (Hanslick, 1986) or through reference to extra-musical elements, like narratives, emotions, or memories (Meyer, 1956). While the use of extra-musical elements appears grounded in individual musicians' priorities for performance and teaching (Héroux, 2018), the impact of emotional indications on expressivity has not previously been studied in a large-scale experiment. The aim of this pilot study was to construct the methodology for a larger project to study the impact of the use of extra-musical elements on the sound results of guitarists. We asked guitar students to record one short newly composed piece, Evocation 1, according to the following conditi

SUBMITTER: Heroux I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7457134 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature