Abstract
Communicative Musicality explores the intrinsic musical nature of human interaction. The theory of communicative musicality was developed from groundbreaking studies showing how in mother/infant communication there exist noticeable patterns of timing, pulse, voice timbre, and gesture. Without intending to, the exchange between a mother and her infant follow many of the rules of musical performance, including rhythm and timing.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Communicative musicality |
| Subtitle of host publication | exploring the basis of human companionship |
| Editors | Stephen Malloch, Colwyn Trevarthen |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 281-300 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199588725 |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Mar 2010 |
Keywords
- maternal depression
- brain science
- musicality
- infant directed speech
- acoustics
- human evolution