It's not just about sound : investigating marimba performance as an auditory and visual experience

Mary C. Broughton, Catherine J. Stevens

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[This paper is concerned with investigating expressive bodily movement in music performance, focussing on the keyboard percussion instrument, the marimba. A theoretical basis for developing a qualitative analysis of expressive bodily movement in music performance is presented. Research in experimental psychology and music performance has demonstrated that bodily movement creates visual information that can influence judgements of auditory information. The concert setting provides an excellent opportunity for performers to use both the aural and visual modes to their advantage in engaging audience attention and guiding awareness to musical content and artistic interpretation. It is suggested that the notated score provides sufficient information for the creation of an embodied musical interpretation resulting in an expressive audio-visual performance. It is proposed that ‘Laban Movement Analysis’ can be implemented as a qualitative method and meta-language for analysing expressive bodily movement in music performance. Two worked examples illustrate analysis of a performer’s expressive bodily movements. ‘Effort-Shape Notation’ is employed as a tool that links observed movement with the musical score. A theory based on embodied cognition of a musical score is proposed that explains the performer’s role in effectively communicating their artistic image and musical interpretation with an audience through auditory and visual means.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 8th Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, "Focus on Excellence: Questions and Answers", The Australian National University, 2-6 July, 2007
    PublisherAustralasian Piano Pedagogy Association
    Number of pages18
    Publication statusPublished - 2007
    EventAustralasian Piano Pedagogy Conference -
    Duration: 2 Jul 2007 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceAustralasian Piano Pedagogy Conference
    Period2/07/07 → …

    Keywords

    • marimba
    • musical perception
    • visual perception
    • music audiences
    • musical performance

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