MUSICOL 139 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Aleatoric Music, Organology, Vocal Percussion
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Soundscapes: sonic elements of our surroundings, some are human, some are not, people read soundscape to hear layers that matter to them, close relationship between sound and place. Space and place: space is open and abstract, like the idea of a city, places are specific and meaningful they transform a space. Highlights role of humans in generating associations that transform spaces into places. Sites of performance and research: home and away, performance spaces/appropriated performance spaces, wherever musicking happens. Musical place-making: musicking creates particular meanings for spaces, even if these are used for other things. Rocky example: spaces designed for music performance/listening have particular qualities, place-making involves memory, and in that sense, music is not ephemeral, music may heighten the sense of place through the experience of affect. Phenomenology is an approach that concentrates on the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience.
