Exposition

Human Speed in Music (last edited: 2023)

Ned McGowan
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Despite the ubiquitous role of time in most everything we do there is still much to understand about its essence as a function of human perception. One way to learn about the cognisance of time is simply by listening to music. The rhythms, sounds, and silences of music are jacketed by the human condition. The expansive identity of time with its major implications in the realms of science, philosophy, and religion, tells little about our immediate experiences in music. The concept of speed, though, is full of enlightening character. In this essay, I explore the experience of speed in music with an artistic research methodology. Based on my artistic and pedagogic experience, the arguments consider areas of performance, composition, and perception, and references are made to neurobiological research. A multitude of perspectives are presented here, such as an explication of speed, a study on tempo 10 bpm, the relationship between emotions and our perception of the speed of time, plus many musical examples, including compositions, tests of duration and maximum speed perception and a full range of musical speed. The goal is to reveal properties about musical speed to provide a clearer concept for the reader to experience, interpret and conceptualize for herself.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsmusic, speed, time, perception, composition, performance, neurobiology
date05/07/2018
last modified11/12/2023
statusin progress
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urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/332948/352620/3648/32


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