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Musical perception   /mjˈuzɪkəl pərsˈɛpʃən/   Listen
Musical perception

noun
1.
The auditory perception of musical sounds.





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"Musical perception" Quotes from Famous Books



... often demands from his players an exaggeration of the dynamic nuances, either in this way to give proof of his ardor, or because he lacks fineness of musical perception. Simple shadings then become thick blurs, accents become passionate shrieks. The effects intended by the poor composer are quite distorted and coarsened, and the attempts of the conductor to be artistic, however honest they may be, remind us of ...
— Essentials in Conducting • Karl Wilson Gehrkens


Words linked to "Musical perception" :   tonal pattern, auditory perception, sound perception, melody


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