Musical Sense-Making: Enaction, Experience, and Computation

Musical Sense-Making: Enaction, Experience, and Computation broadens the scope of musical sense-making from a disembodied cognitivist approach to an experiential approach, arguing for an interactional and experiential approach that brings together the richness of sensory experience and principles of cognitive economy. It provides a conceptual and operational framework for dealing with sounds in a real-time listening situation, relying on the theoretical groundings of ecology, cybernetics, and systems theory.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 218 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Musical sense-making encompasses a holistic approach that expands the scope of understanding music beyond a disembodied cognitivist perspective. It revolves around the definition of music as a temporal and sounding art, advocating for an interactive and experiential approach that harmonizes the richness of sensory experience with principles of cognitive economy.

The central premise of this volume lies in the distinction between in-time and outside-of-time processing of sounds. By delving into these processes, the book offers a conceptual and operational framework for dealing with sounds in real-time listening situations. It draws heavily on theoretical foundations in ecology, cybernetics, and systems theory, emphasizing the role of epistemic interactions with the sounds. These interactions are explored from various perspectives, drawing insights from previous theoretical groundings and more recent empirical research.

The authors' findings are contextualized within the broader fields of enactive and embodied cognition, action and perception studies, and neurophenomenology and dynamical systems theory. This volume holds particular appeal to scholars and researchers interested in the intersections of music, philosophy, and psychology.

In conclusion, Musical Sense-Making: Enaction, Experience, and Computation offers a transformative perspective on musical sense-making, broadening the scope from a cognitive to an experiential approach. By integrating principles of cognitive economy with sensory experience, the book provides a valuable framework for understanding music in real-time listening situations. It appeals to scholars and researchers across disciplines, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and advancing our understanding of the multifaceted nature of musical perception and cognition.

Weight: 370g
Dimension: 155 x 232 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367638894