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March 27, 2017 | Aesthetics

By Marina Korsakova-Kreyn

this can be the tale of track in visible metaphor. What makes tune the "language of emotions," and why will we react to tune in any respect? the writer, a qualified pianist and pupil in song cognition, compares our belief of track with orientation in three-D area. the foremost metaphor is a picture of a melodic item formed via a tonal strength box. the following, melodic parts are in comparison on to geometric proportions, and a few pointed out as creative "universals." on the middle of the classy event in tune eventually lies the secret of non-linguistic human conversation - its skill to generate feelings or even proposal. This areas the artwork of tune on the heart of up to date dialogue at the thought of mind.

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