The Need for a Cross-Cultural Empirical Musicology
The paper by Lara Pearson shows that a case study based on qualitative description may reveal interesting aspects about the co-occurrence of hand gestures and singing in a particular music culture. However, above all the paper lets us dream about what could be possible if forces from cultural studie...
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| description | The paper by Lara Pearson shows that a case study based on qualitative description may reveal interesting aspects about the co-occurrence of hand gestures and singing in a particular music culture. However, above all the paper lets us dream about what could be possible if forces from cultural studies and music cognition research were to be combined. A cross-cultural empirical musicology holds the promise of scientific work that goes far beyond qualitative descriptions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4df09d4af2344b0495eac64e473bb2442022-12-22T03:30:44ZengThe Ohio State University LibrariesEmpirical Musicology Review1559-57492013-12-0181192210.18061/emr.v8i1.3920The Need for a Cross-Cultural Empirical MusicologyMarc Leman0IPEM, Dept. of Musicology, Ghent UniversityThe paper by Lara Pearson shows that a case study based on qualitative description may reveal interesting aspects about the co-occurrence of hand gestures and singing in a particular music culture. However, above all the paper lets us dream about what could be possible if forces from cultural studies and music cognition research were to be combined. A cross-cultural empirical musicology holds the promise of scientific work that goes far beyond qualitative descriptions.https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v8i1.3920musical gestures |
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