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Abstract

This chapter explores the range of consciousness occurring within the everyday music experiences of a small sample of UK listeners, particularly those experiences lying between the extremes of intense, emotional involvement, and apparent inattention when music, though present, seems to be barely perceived. Specifically, it draws on the constructs of trance, absorption, and dissociation as explicatory frames that throw into relief the self-regulating character - in psychological terms - of much everyday listening. By concentrating on the detailed nature of music listening episodes as lived experiences it becomes possible to offer a phenomenology of everyday listening, thus 'reclaiming' it for comparison with the literature on strong experiences.

Publication Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	This chapter has been published by Oxford University Press in Music and Consciousness: Philosophical, Psychological, and Cultural Perspectives and it's available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199553792.003.0080
Publisher Keywords:	consciousness, musical experience, music, trace, absorption, dissociation, music listening
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology M Music and Books on Music > M Music
Departments:	School of Communication & Creativity School of Communication & Creativity > Department of Performing Arts
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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