Toward an Ethnomusicology of Sound Experience

Clayton, Martin

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