Session 2 Musicology Lectures

Research Skills Musicology Dr Paul Carr Session 2

Musical Meaning Four Basic Questions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Guido Adler (1855 – 1941) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Eduard Hanslick (1825 - 1904) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Indicative Modern day Popular Music based Musicologists ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Mayer (1994) alludes to a ‘triadic’ model regarding meaning.

Mayer’s Triadic Relationship (PC Version) Stimulus What the meaning refers to The person or people who understand the meaning Can Be ‘ Designative’ or Embodied’ (Outside or Inside Music)

Mayer Model (PC Version) Stimulus ‘ Smoke On The Water’ What It Refers To (What could this be?) The person or people who get the meaning (Who could this be?) ‘ Designative’ – The Style Of Music in addition to emotions Embodied’ – Harmony, Melody, Textures, etc. Designative meaning could also include factors like historic, cultural, aesthetic, etc

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Examples of convention probability ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Example of ‘rule breaking’ ,[object Object],[object Object]

1) The normal or probable event is delayed. ,[object Object],[object Object]

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2) Ambiguity ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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3) The Unexpected ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Examples of ‘Unexpected ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Mayer’s three Levels of ‘embodied meaning’ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],Evident Meaning Evident meaning also based on expectations Hypothetical Meaning also based on revised knowledge Hypothetical meaning confirmed. Altered through clarification of delays Clarified through resolving ambiguities Or mistaken because the improbable occurred

Appraisal of Mayer ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What of Designative/Extra Musical Meaning? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Can music communicate anything beyond its notes, sounds and textures? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Absolutist/Formalist Considerations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Referential Considerations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Information Processing Model ,[object Object],[object Object]

Acoustics Sounds in the environment Physical Psychoacoustics Pitch Timbre Dynamics etc Physical Mental Cognition Scales Form Melodic Organisation etc Mental Aesthetic/Sociological/ Critical Theory Meaning Aesthetic Value Mental Social/Cultural Individual adds order to outside stimulus

Ecological Model ,[object Object]

Expressive Considerations ,[object Object],[object Object]

How do we begin ,[object Object],[object Object]

Bibliography ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],

Homework 1 Wiki ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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