In Praise of Ambiguity: Musical Subtlety and Merleau-Ponty

When a jazz, rock, or hip-hop drummer strikes certain notes in each measure slightly late, instead of hearing the degree to which those notes are late, we typically hear the effects of those variations; namely, a groove, the "feel" of a rhythm. Slight variations of pitch function similarly...

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Main Author: Tiger C. Roholt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc. 2013-01-01
Series:Contemporary Aesthetics
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Online Access:http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=669