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Groove A Phenomenology of Rhythmic Nuance

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ISBN-10: 1441104186

ISBN-13: 9781441104182

Edition: 2014

Authors: Tiger C. Roholt

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A groove is commonly understood as the feel of a rhythm. While this points in the right direction, it is notoriously vague. In this innovative work, Tiger C. Roholt demonstrates that a groove has three aspects: slight timing variations, perceptual structure, and bodily feeling.Roholt argues that grooves are likely to arise in experience when listeners direct their attention to a rhythm's pulse, allowing the timing variations to recede into the perceptual background. He invokes Merleau-Ponty's notion of perceptual indeterminacy and illustrates how these feelings of tension transform into positive feelings once regularities and expectations take hold - such as a rhythm's being "in the…    
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Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 11/20/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.41" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English