Seeing the music in their hands: How conductors' depictions shape the music
Emerson, K., Williamson, V. & Wilkinson, R. (2017). Seeing the music in their hands: How conductors' depictions shape the music. In: Van Dyck, E. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 25th Anniversary Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music. ESCOM 2017 25th Anniversary Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, 31 July - 04 August 2017, Ghent, Belgium.
Abstract
Depiction is a way of ‘showing’ meaning through certain gestures or demonstrations. Conductors often use depiction, including multimodal depiction, as well as descriptive talk, to convey meaning to their choirs. This paper considers four short extracts from choir rehearsals with different conductors, to show how they combine description and depiction, including vocal models, facial expressions, metaphoric and iconic gestures and body language to communicate about music, specifically here as part of the activity of modelling.
| Publication Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | M Music and Books on Music > M Music |
| Departments: | School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Psychology |
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