The Image Behind the Sound

Presicce, Graziana

doi:10.4324/9780429330070-26

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“…They have been reported also in the realm of music, as reported in Gabrielsson's Strong Experiences in Music (SEM), which typically describe a state of flow in which "music completely dominates one's attention and shuts out everything else" [150] (p. 67). This holds primarily for performers, whose actual playing, along with their contact with the audience and fellow players, makes them feel inside the music, being compelled and drawn in [154]. A distinction should be made, however, between arousal-heightening experiences-as in sensation-seeking behavior-and milder forms of heightened experience, such as, e.g., chills and thrills.…”

Section: Immersion Absorption and Peak Experiences In Musicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Music Listening as Kangaroo Mother Care: From Skin-to-Skin Contact to Being Touched by the Music

Reybrouck

2024

Acoustics

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The metaphor of being touched by music is widespread and almost universal. The tactile experience, moreover, has received growing interest in recent years. There is, however, a need to go beyond a mere metaphorical use of the term, by positioning the tactile experience within the broader frame of embodied cognition and the experiential turn in cognitive science. This article explores the possible contribution of a science of touch by defining music as a vibrational phenomenon that affects the body and the senses. It takes as a starting point the clinical findings on the psychological and physiological value of tender touch with a special focus on the method of kangaroo mother care, which is a method for holding the baby against the chest of the mother, skin-to-skin. It is seen as one of the most basic affiliative bondings with stimuli that elicit reward. Via an extensive review of the research literature, it is questioned as to what extent this rationale can be translated to the realm of music. There are, in fact, many analogies, but a comprehensive theoretical framework is still lacking. This article aims at providing at least some preparatory groundwork to fuel more theorizing about listening and its relation to the sense of touch.

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Section: Immersion Absorption and Peak Experiences In Musicmentioning

confidence: 99%