Drumming as Embodied and Mindful Performance
Observations on the Aesthetic Theories of Bill Bruford and Shaun Gallagher
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9467150 |
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| Authors | Stefano Marino (0000-0001-5817-3033, University of Bologna, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 609-631 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Aesthetics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0904 • E-ISSN: 1468-2842 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/aesthj/ayae061 |
| OpenAlex | W4407606903 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
In this article, I explore some questions concerning the aesthetics of musical performance. I approach this topic from a perspective influenced by some theoretical works of Bill Bruford, Shaun Gallagher, and Richard Shusterman, and choose the musical practice of drumming as a promising case to exemplify certain concepts and themes. Following various insights inspired, in particular, by Bruford and Gallagher, I argue for a conception of drumming as embodied and mindful performance, in contrast to other influential conceptions (sometimes suggested by philosophers, other times by drummers) that understand musical performance in general, and the art of drumming in particular, as mindless activities; namely, as a sort of selfless ‘flow’ without thought
Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive science · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Musical · Perspective (graphical · sort · Visual arts · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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