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THE BODY AS MUSICAL STRUCTURE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2018

Jan Hendrickse
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Abstract

This article considers the ways that we might rethink our relationship to musical tools and discusses some possible implications for re-thinking these human/non-human intra-actions. I refer to my own experience as a flute player to examine the body's relationship to air and whether this can be considered to be a form of touch. In doing so I have referenced trans-cultural perspectives in order to show that specific musical practices can structure human experience in very different ways.

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RESEARCH ARTICLES
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Tempo , Volume 73 , Issue 287 , January 2019 , pp. 36 - 40
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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