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Rhythm in Acousmatic Music

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2020

James Andean
James Andean*
Affiliation:
Music, Technology and Innovation – Institute for Sonic Creativity (MTI2), De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
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Email: james.andean@dmu.ac.uk
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Abstract

‘Rhythm’ is often equated with ‘metered pulse’; as the latter is often eschewed by contemporary music, including acousmatic music, this is often assumed to mean an absence of rhythm. This article proposes that, in fact, acousmatic music does indeed contain rhythmic qualities, and further, that rhythm is one of the dominating forces of acousmatic music, even when pulse or metre at first glance appear to be lacking. This stems from the roots of acousmatic philosophy in phenomenology and a steady focus on our experience of the world around us. Importantly, this points simultaneously towards rhythmic qualities of our environment and towards rhythmic qualities of our embodied experience of that world, due to rhythmic aspects of our bodies, our perception and our cognitive faculties.

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Organised Sound , Volume 25 , Issue 2: Time in Electroacoustic Music , August 2020 , pp. 214 - 220
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© Cambridge University Press, 2020

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