Music, Motion, and Space: A Genealogy

How have we come to hear melody as going “up” or “down”? Why does the Western world predominantly adopt spatial terms such as “high” and “low” to distinguish musical notes while other non-Western cultures use non-spatial terms such as “large” and “small” (Bali), or “clear” and “dull” (South Korea)?...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Park, Joon
Other Authors: Boss, Jack
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19354