Wallmark, Zachary - Nothing but Noise

Nothing but Noise: Timbre and Musical Meaning at the Edge explores how timbre shapes musical affect and meaning. Integrating perspectives from musicology with the cognitive sciences, author Zachary Wallmark advances a novel model of timbre interpretation that takes into account the bodily, sensorimotor dynamics of sound production and perception

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CONTENTS

Introduction
The Meaning of Timbre
I. Fundamental
Chapter 1: Body and Emotion in the Sonic Act
Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Timbre: From Material to Metaphor
II. Spectrum
Chapter 3: The Most Powerful Human Sound Ever Created: Theorizing the Saxophonic Scream in Free Jazz
Chapter 4: Sound and Embodiment in the Japanese Shakuhachi
Chapter 5: Vector of Brutality: Madness, Violence, and Contagion in Heavy Metal Reception
III. Resonance
Chapter 6: The Aural Face
Notes
Bibliography
Index