Musical Nuances and the Aesthetic Experience of Popular Music Hooks

Theoretical Considerations and Analytical Approaches

Bibliographic Data

ID4465893
AuthorsBernhard Steinbrecher (0000-0003-3176-1788, Universität Innsbruck, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume9
Issue1
Publication date2021-02-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEl oído pensante (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2250-7116 • E-ISSN: 2250-7116
PublisherEditorial de la Facultad de Filosofia y Letras - Universidad de Buenos Aires (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.34096/oidopensante.v9n1.8360
OpenAlexW3135344004
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited13

This article discusses the concept of musical nuances from a process-oriented perspective, with a particular emphasis on the aesthetic experience of hooks in Western popular music. First, the text elaborates on the particularities of nuances from the perspective of cognitive psychology. Second, it highlights their importance for musical interpretation, characterization, memorization, and valuation. Third, it critically reflects on analytical approaches to rhythmic and melodic nuances and gets into alternative methods to analyze such microscopic subtleties in the context of musical hooks. Fourth, analytical examples examine nuance-related intricacies in song phrases as processes regarding the aesthetic experience of increasing and decreasing intensity, tension, and motion. Finally, the findings and theoretical considerations are discussed in the broader context of mainstream popular music analysis

Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive psychology · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Mainstream · Melody · Memorization · Music and emotion · Music history · Musical · Perspective (graphical · Sociology · Valuation (finance · Visual arts · History · Music and Audio Processing · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Philosophy · Psychology

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