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Sensory Experiences: Exploring meaning and the senses
Danièle Dubois, Caroline Cance, Matt Coler, Arthur Paté and Catherine Guastavino
[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 24] 2021
► pp. 213–247

Chapter 6
Exploring and talking about music

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Article outline
  • 6.1Is music just sounds?
    • 6.1.1Music and speech vs. environmental sounds
    • 6.1.2Music vs. speech
    • 6.1.3Music and its instruments
    • 6.1.4Music recording, storing, duplicating, and rendering
    • 6.1.5Music and psychophysics
    • 6.1.6Ecological validity
    • 6.1.7Towards a multidisciplinary approach
  • 6.2Case study: Experiencing the electric guitar
    • 6.2.1Setting the stage
      • 6.2.1.1Context of the study
      • 6.2.1.2Research questions
      • 6.2.1.3State of the art
      • 6.2.1.4Stimuli and participants
        • Production of stimuli
        • Participants
    • 6.2.2Listening only
    • 6.2.3Listening while playing
      • 6.2.3.1From one task to another
      • 6.2.3.2Verbalizations and psycholinguistics: Theoretical framework
      • 6.2.3.3The playing and verbalization task
      • 6.2.3.4Analysis of verbalizations
  • 6.3A summary of methodological consequences
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 1 December 2021
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