Tonality and the Cultural

Authors

  • Daniel Leech-Wilkinson

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v8i3-4.3944

Keywords:

tonality, acculturation, listening, cadence, hunting

Abstract

The emphasis in this response to Mine Doğantan-Dack’s ‘Tonality: The Shape of Affect’ is on the cultural construction of tonality and the ways in which that may encourage Western musicians to understand tonality as a fundamental psychological process. An alternative hypothesis is proposed in which tonality assists in the effective musical modelling of hunting, offering a means to relive the experience in social groups.
Empirical Musicology Review - Vol. 8, No. 3-4: Music and Shape: Perception and Theory

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Published

2013-10-24

How to Cite

Leech-Wilkinson, D. (2013). Tonality and the Cultural. Empirical Musicology Review, 8(3-4), 219–222. https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v8i3-4.3944

Issue

Vol 8, Nos 3-4 (2013): Empirical Musicology Review

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Commentaries

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Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Leech-Wilkinson

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