Expressivity and Musical Shape in Turntablism: Response to Greasley and Prior

Expressivity and Musical Shape in Turntablism: Response to Greasley and Prior

This commentary on Greasley and Prior's paper "Mixtapes and turntablism: DJs' perspective on musical shape" extends the findings of the study by looking at the turntablism perspective. First, a general discussion on the study's method and background is given. Then, the role...

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Main Author: Kjetil Falkenberg Hansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2013-12-01
Series:Empirical Musicology Review
Subjects:
scratching
turntablism
expressivity
musical instruments
DJ
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v8i1.3922
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spelling doaj-9602d5f010bc4090802396c164176a852020-11-24T23:30:12ZengThe Ohio State University LibrariesEmpirical Musicology Review1559-57492013-12-0181444710.18061/emr.v8i1.3922Expressivity and Musical Shape in Turntablism: Response to Greasley and PriorKjetil Falkenberg Hansen0KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sound and Music ComputingThis commentary on Greasley and Prior's paper "Mixtapes and turntablism: DJs' perspective on musical shape" extends the findings of the study by looking at the turntablism perspective. First, a general discussion on the study's method and background is given. Then, the role of turntables as musical instruments in creating musical shape is outlined. Finally, some relationships between turntablism techniques, expressive performances and musical shape are presented. In general, the findings in the study support previously published studies in this insufficiently researched area.https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v8i1.3922scratchingturntablismexpressivitymusical instrumentsDJ
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Empirical Musicology Review
scratching
turntablism
expressivity
musical instruments
DJ
author_facet Kjetil Falkenberg Hansen
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title Expressivity and Musical Shape in Turntablism: Response to Greasley and Prior
title_short Expressivity and Musical Shape in Turntablism: Response to Greasley and Prior
title_full Expressivity and Musical Shape in Turntablism: Response to Greasley and Prior
title_fullStr Expressivity and Musical Shape in Turntablism: Response to Greasley and Prior
title_full_unstemmed Expressivity and Musical Shape in Turntablism: Response to Greasley and Prior
title_sort expressivity and musical shape in turntablism: response to greasley and prior
publisher The Ohio State University Libraries
series Empirical Musicology Review
issn 1559-5749
publishDate 2013-12-01
description This commentary on Greasley and Prior's paper "Mixtapes and turntablism: DJs' perspective on musical shape" extends the findings of the study by looking at the turntablism perspective. First, a general discussion on the study's method and background is given. Then, the role of turntables as musical instruments in creating musical shape is outlined. Finally, some relationships between turntablism techniques, expressive performances and musical shape are presented. In general, the findings in the study support previously published studies in this insufficiently researched area.
topic scratching
turntablism
expressivity
musical instruments
DJ
url https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v8i1.3922
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