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Kinaesthesia in Music and its Implications for Developments in Microtechnology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Anthony Kemp
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This paper takes the view that kinaesthesia, processes involving neuro muscular sensation, should be the central and unifying component in any psychological model for music learning. It maintains that engagement in music activities, which consciously encourages the processes of kinaesthesia, helps to bring about the closer association of thinking and feeling. The paper develops the notion that this form of musical ‘knowing’, which is based on the interrelationships between muscular, perceptual and cognitive awareness, is the essential ingredient of musically sensitive and imaginative behaviour. Having established these principles, the paper explores those recent developments in music microtechnology which appear to support and develop these processes.

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Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , November 1990 , pp. 223 - 229
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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