Using movements on music (category 3) as movements due to music (category 2) in Song No 3
As mentioned earlier [see Relationship between movements on music (category 3) and movements due to music (category 2)] many movements performed by singers with microphones remain silent. They move their arms for example, but there is no audible result. These movements are often made by singers to underline their performance with visual cues. In my performance Song No 3, the movement that brings the microphone to the mouth and back is the main movement carried out by the performer. During Song No 3 the movement controls the sound of the performance and is thus transformed into a movement that also belongs to category 2, movement due to music. The movement of the microphone becomes integral to the shaping of the sound. The performer is only able to control the sound by moving the microphone. At the same time the movements still refer to the common movements of singers when using a microphone and in so doing keep a reference to the expressive nature of these gestures.
Examples of different kind of microphone gestures during the performance of Song No 3:
Example 1 Using microphone gestures known from “speaking through a microphone”: