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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-101441104186
ISBN-139781441104182
eBay Product ID (ePID)171834978
Product Key Features
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGroove : a Phenomenology of Rhythmic Nuance
SubjectHistory & Criticism, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Movements / Phenomenology, Aesthetics, Instruction & Study / Theory
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
AuthorTiger C. Roholt
Subject AreaMusic, Philosophy
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8.5 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2014-014392
ReviewsIt's a slim volume but an academic one, a punctiliously annotated and referenced study that requires and rewards careful reading. ... Groove remains an interesting, pithy examination of how (and why) we ultimately respond to music., "With its many thoroughly discussed examples, Roholt's account of groove is very engaging, and I find much to agree with." --Clément Canonne, University of Burgundy, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "It's a slim volume but an academic one, a punctiliously annotated and referenced study that requires and rewards careful reading. ... Groove remains an interesting, pithy examination of how (and why) we ultimately respond to music." --Frank Valish, Under the Radar "Tiger C. Roholt's Groove: a phenomenology of rhythmic nuance is a splendid, rigorous, and brief (140 pp) book that makes a compelling case for something many musicians already know something about: groove." --Thomas Brett, brettworks, For decades, philosophers and theorists of music have been promising an embodied phenomenology of music. Tiger C. Roholt's Groove is an original and insightful essay that makes good on that promise. Roholt challenges analytic and quantificational approaches to rhythmic nuance and argues that grooves are non-conceptual, felt, and understood through bodily engagement. Full of smart musical examples and sound arguments, Groove is much more than just a book on rhythm or drumming. It is a cornerstone for any future phenomenology of music., With its many thoroughly discussed examples, Roholt's account of groove is very engaging, and I find much to agree with., "With its many thoroughly discussed examples, Roholt's account of groove is very engaging, and I find much to agree with." --Clment Canonne, University of Burgundy, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "It's a slim volume but an academic one, a punctiliously annotated and referenced study that requires and rewards careful reading. ... Groove remains an interesting, pithy examination of how (and why) we ultimately respond to music." --Frank Valish, Under the Radar "Tiger C. Roholt's Groove: a phenomenology of rhythmic nuance is a splendid, rigorous, and brief (140 pp) book that makes a compelling case for something many musicians already know something about: groove." --Thomas Brett, brettworks
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Original LanguageEnglish
Dewey Decimal781.2/24
SynopsisA groove is commonly understood as the feel of a rhythm. While this points in the right direction, it is notoriously vague. In this innovative work, Tiger C. Roholt demonstrates that a groove has three aspects: slight timing variations, perceptual structure, and bodily feeling. ..Roholt argues that grooves are likely to arise in experience when listeners direct their attention to a rhythm's pulse, allowing the timing variations to recede into the perceptual background. He invokes Merleau-Ponty's notion of perceptual indeterminacy and illustrates how these feelings of tension transform into positive feelings once regularities and expectations take hold - such as a rhythm's being in the pocket, laid back, buoyant, and so on. Finally, he claims that body movement to a pulse is not merely a reaction to a rhythm but that it aids the listener in establishing a perceptual structure conducive to experiencing a groove, while also intensifying the bodily feelings...Written by an experienced drummer and philosopher, Groove is a vivid and exciting study of one of music's most central and relatively unexplored aspects., Written by an experienced drummer and philosopher, Groove is a vivid and exciting study of one of music's most central and relatively unexplored aspects. Tiger C. Roholt explains why grooves, which are forged in music's rhythmic nuances, remain hidden to some listeners. He argues that grooves are not graspable through the intellect nor through mere listening; rather, grooves are disclosed through our bodily engagement with music. We grasp a groove bodily by moving with music's pulsations. By invoking the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty's notion of "motor intentionality," Roholt shows that the "feel" of a groove, and the understanding of it, are two sides of a coin: to "get" a groove just is to comprehend it bodily and to feel that embodied comprehension.
LC Classification NumberML3850.R74 2014
