"MUSICAL SYNTAX (Music vs. Human Language)" by Dan Rager

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MUSICAL SYNTAX (Music vs. Human Language)

Theory (2016)

Dan Rager

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Description
(A Non-musical explanation for both non-musicians and musicians)


MUSICAL LANGUAGE     
Vs.
         HUMAN SPEECH LANGUAGE

Keywords

Musical Syntax,
music vs. speech,
Dan Rager,
comparison

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities,
Fine Arts,
Music,
Composition,
Music Education,
Music Pedagogy,
Music Theory,
Other Music,
Education and
Higher Education

Publication Date

2016

Comments

This presentation compares and explains the roles of musical language and speech language. The musical example is taken from the second movement of Colours of Saratov, a french horn concerto. The work is analyzed through motifs, rhythmic and melodic augmentation patterns, sequences, phrases, elongation, compound intervals and other musical elements that parallel the English language.

Citation Information

Dan Rager. "MUSICAL SYNTAX (Music vs. Human Language)" Theory (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/daniel_rager/37/