MUSC 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Head Voice, Canntaireachd, Strophic Form
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Semiotics: the study of signs: icon: inherent similarities between signified and signifier (ex. map=geographical area, index: natural relation of cause or of effect (ex. smoke=fire) Shown in music pedagogically- how music is shown bodily. Ex. harsh tone is the index of physical tension: symbol: connection made between idea and symbols is arbitrary and culturally relevant, realization interpretation of music is not actually universal, some music is iconic while most is symbolic. Aesthetics: the constellation of philosophical problems raised in our thinking about the fine arts (harvard dictionary: natyasastra. > treatise on drama, dance, music and aesthetics by bharata. > in sanskrit (asian language: aesthetic theory of bhava and rasa. > correct bhav or expression on the part of the performer will create rasa in a musically sensitive audience. > raga: mode or set of pitches with specific patterns (melodic motives) and a host of extra-musical association (ex. rain raga, morning rage, etc)
