- Title Pages
- Foreword
- List of contributors
-
Chapter 1 How do people communicate using music? -
Chapter 2 Music and meaning, ambiguity and evolution -
Chapter 3 Music and conversation -
Chapter 4 Music cognition -
Chapter 5 From mimesis to catharsis -
Chapter 6 Representation, cognition, and communication -
Chapter 7 How the conventions of music notation shape musical perception and performance -
Chapter 8 Rhythm, human temporality, and brain function -
Chapter 9 Musical companionship, musical community. Music therapy and the process and value of musical communication -
Chapter 10 Bodily communication in musical performance -
Chapter 11 Singing as communication -
Chapter 12 Musical communication and children's communities of musical practice -
Chapter 13 Musical communication between adults and young children -
Chapter 14 Pedagogical communication in the music classroom -
Chapter 15 Talking about music -
Chapter 16 Hippies vs hip-hop heads -
Chapter 17 Communication in Indian raga performance -
Chapter 18 The role of music communication in cinema -
Chapter 19 Musical communication in commercial contexts - Index
Talking about music
Talking about music
a vehicle for identity development
- Chapter:
- (p.321) Chapter 15 Talking about music
- Source:
- Musical Communication
- Author(s):
Raymond MacDonald
Dorothy Miell
Graeme Wilson
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter presents an account of how talk about music in informal settings can play a crucial role within the musical communication process. It focuses on the ways in which talk about music serves a number of personal, social, and musical functions for both young people and professional musicians, which can be viewed as an important aspect of musical communication itself.
Keywords: musical communication, talking, music, musicians
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- List of contributors
-
Chapter 1 How do people communicate using music? -
Chapter 2 Music and meaning, ambiguity and evolution -
Chapter 3 Music and conversation -
Chapter 4 Music cognition -
Chapter 5 From mimesis to catharsis -
Chapter 6 Representation, cognition, and communication -
Chapter 7 How the conventions of music notation shape musical perception and performance -
Chapter 8 Rhythm, human temporality, and brain function -
Chapter 9 Musical companionship, musical community. Music therapy and the process and value of musical communication -
Chapter 10 Bodily communication in musical performance -
Chapter 11 Singing as communication -
Chapter 12 Musical communication and children's communities of musical practice -
Chapter 13 Musical communication between adults and young children -
Chapter 14 Pedagogical communication in the music classroom -
Chapter 15 Talking about music -
Chapter 16 Hippies vs hip-hop heads -
Chapter 17 Communication in Indian raga performance -
Chapter 18 The role of music communication in cinema -
Chapter 19 Musical communication in commercial contexts - Index
