The perception of musical phrasing in correlation to movements in sports routines

Musical phrasing is an important element in generating expression, demonstrating the direction of music structure, giving a sense of melodic contour and so forth. Like other musical elements such as articulation, dynamics, harmony, meter, rhythm and tempo, musical phrasing also features greatly in t...

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Main Authors: Loo, Fung Chiat, Loo, Fung Ying
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IDOSI Publications 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28168/
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description Musical phrasing is an important element in generating expression, demonstrating the direction of music structure, giving a sense of melodic contour and so forth. Like other musical elements such as articulation, dynamics, harmony, meter, rhythm and tempo, musical phrasing also features greatly in the choreography of dance and of sports that involve a routine. As phrasing indicates the start and the end of a unit or sub-unit in a melodic structure, this indirectly correlates to a movement or series of movements in a routine or dance. This study looks into the perception of musical phrasing in movements in a Tai Chi routine from a musical perspective. A competition routine in which choreography and music were evaluated to have the most congruence was chosen. From the video recording, the initiation of musical phrases was recorded and compared with the phrasing of movements in the routine. While many musical elements are congruent with the movements, the result indicates that the Tai Chi practitioner’s perception of musical phrasing as applied to the choreography is rather different from the perception of a musician.
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spelling upm-281682015-10-02T00:06:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28168/ The perception of musical phrasing in correlation to movements in sports routines Loo, Fung Chiat Loo, Fung Ying Musical phrasing is an important element in generating expression, demonstrating the direction of music structure, giving a sense of melodic contour and so forth. Like other musical elements such as articulation, dynamics, harmony, meter, rhythm and tempo, musical phrasing also features greatly in the choreography of dance and of sports that involve a routine. As phrasing indicates the start and the end of a unit or sub-unit in a melodic structure, this indirectly correlates to a movement or series of movements in a routine or dance. This study looks into the perception of musical phrasing in movements in a Tai Chi routine from a musical perspective. A competition routine in which choreography and music were evaluated to have the most congruence was chosen. From the video recording, the initiation of musical phrases was recorded and compared with the phrasing of movements in the routine. While many musical elements are congruent with the movements, the result indicates that the Tai Chi practitioner’s perception of musical phrasing as applied to the choreography is rather different from the perception of a musician. IDOSI Publications 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28168/1/The%20perception%20of%20musical%20phrasing%20in%20correlation%20to%20movements%20in%20sports%20routines.pdf Loo, Fung Chiat and Loo, Fung Ying (2013) The perception of musical phrasing in correlation to movements in sports routines. World Applied Sciences Journal, 25 (4). pp. 592-599. ISSN 1818-4952; ESSN: 1991-6426 http://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj25%284%292013.htm
spellingShingle Loo, Fung Chiat
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The perception of musical phrasing in correlation to movements in sports routines
title The perception of musical phrasing in correlation to movements in sports routines
title_full The perception of musical phrasing in correlation to movements in sports routines
title_fullStr The perception of musical phrasing in correlation to movements in sports routines
title_full_unstemmed The perception of musical phrasing in correlation to movements in sports routines
title_short The perception of musical phrasing in correlation to movements in sports routines
title_sort perception of musical phrasing in correlation to movements in sports routines
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