The sounds of Myūjikku. An exploration of concepts and classifications in Japanese Sound Aesthetics

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ID8107576
AuthorsHenry Johnson (0000-0002-1123-8415, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume18
Issue4
Pages291-306
Publication date1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Musicological Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-1896 • E-ISSN: 1547-7304
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01411899908574761
OpenAlexW2021979016
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

The parameters of Japanese concepts and classifications of music are examined to show how a variety of sounds are classified and understood through aesthetic experience in the Japanese soundscape. In particular, the discussion is concerned with concepts of sound aesthetics inside and outside conventional music contexts. It is here that the need for further parameters in the ethnomusicological study of the anthropology of sound is reinforced. The first section surveys some key terms used in the classification of Japanese music. Included is a discussion of general and specific terms that reveal different parameters of music structures on social, cultural and historical levels. Moreover, some indigenous concepts of music have actually been devised in response to non‐Japanese concepts, especially since the latter half of the nineteenth century. The second part looks inward at concepts of sound and noise within music, particularly at some types of sound effects, or sounds that are added to music and have extra‐musical meaning. The final section investigates the breadth of some concepts and objects that are understood in terms of sound aesthetics. This includes a survey of environmental sounds referred to in songs, literature and other arts, and the sounds of environmental instruments

Acoustics · Aesthetics · Art · Indigenous · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Music and emotion · Music history · Musical · Musicality · Section (typography · Sound (geography · Soundscape · The arts · Variety (cybernetics · Visual arts · Computer Science · Diverse Musicological Studies · Multisensory perception and integration · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · History · Philosophy

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