Rhythm in Acousmatic Music

dc.cclicenceCC-BY-NC-NDen
dc.contributor.authorAndean, James
dc.date.acceptance2019-12-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-17T12:33:26Z
dc.date.available2019-12-17T12:33:26Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-06
dc.descriptionThe file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version.en
dc.description.abstract'Rhythm' is often equated with 'metered pulse'; as the latter is often eschewed by contemporary music, including acousmatic music, this is often assumed to mean an absence of rhythm. This article proposes that, in fact, acousmatic music does indeed contain rhythmic qualities, and further, that rhythm is one of the dominating forces of acousmatic music, even when pulse or metre at first glance appear to be lacking. This is closely linked to a distinction between the Greek concepts of 'kairos' – time as experienced – and the 'clock time' of 'chronos'. The temporal qualities of acousmatic music stem from the roots of acousmatic philosophy, in phenomenology and a steady focus on our experience of the world around us. Importantly, this points simultaneously towards rhythmic qualities of our environment, and towards rhythmic qualities of our embodied experience of that world, due to rhythmic aspects of our bodies, our perception, and our cognitive faculties. The author draws upon both personal experience and research in several fields to demonstrate these points.en
dc.funderNo external funderen
dc.identifier.citationAndean, J. (2020) Rhythm in Acousmatic Music. Organised Sound 25(2), pp. 214-220en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S1355771820000126
dc.identifier.issn1355-7718
dc.identifier.urihttps://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/18960
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.researchinstituteMusic, Technology and Innovation - Institute for Sonic Creativity (MTI2)en
dc.subjectelectroacousticen
dc.subjectmusicen
dc.subjectacousmaticen
dc.subjectrhythmen
dc.titleRhythm in Acousmatic Musicen
dc.typeArticleen

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