Toward an Ethnomusicology of Sound Experience

Clayton, Martin

Toward an Ethnomusicology of Sound Experience

Clayton, Martin

Authors

Professor Martin Clayton martin.clayton@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Contributors

Henry Stobart
Editor

Abstract

In this chapter, I argue that ethnomusicology could benefit from taking more account of the ways in which human beings experience and interpret sound. Ethnomusicologists have tended to work at a metadiscursive level (writing words about others’ words), leaving the gap between musical experience and paramusical discourse under-explored. This chapter asks whether that situation can be changed and what may be gained by doing so, and is illustrated with an example of north Indian raga performance.

Citation

Clayton, M. (2008). Toward an Ethnomusicology of Sound Experience. In H. Stobart (Ed.), The new (ethno)musicologies (135-169). Scarecrow Press

Publication Date	May 1, 2008
Deposit Date	Sep 29, 2010
Pages	135-169
Series Title	Europea: ethnomusicologies and modernities
Book Title	The new (ethno)musicologies.
Publisher URL	https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810861015
Additional Information	Series: Europea: Ethnomusicologies and Modernities ; 8