Larson, Steve, <br/><br/>
Musical forces :  motion, metaphor, and meaning in music / 
Steve Larson ; foreword by Robert S. Hatten. 
 - Bloomington :  Indiana University Press,  2012. 
 - 369 p. :  ill. 
 - Musical meaning & interpretation .
<br/><br/>Introduction -- A theory of musical forces. Thinking about music and thinking in music : pattern, meaning, analogy, metaphor and hierarchies ; Something in the way she moves : the metaphor of musical motion ; Melodic forces : gravity, magnetism, and inertia ; A theory of melodic expectation ; Rhythm, meter, and musical forces ; Analyses -- Evidence for musical forces. Converging evidence : an introduction to part 2 ; Evidence from experiments in visual perception and neuroscience ; Evidence from compositions and improvisations ; Evidence from music-theoretical misunderstandings ; Evidence from a listener-judgment experiment ; Evidence from comparing computer models with production-experiment results -- Conclusion. Summary and prospects. HKBU library 
<br/><br/> YT2025 M09 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780253356826 0253356822 9780253005496 0253005493 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Music--Physiological aspects.<br/>Music--Physiological effect.<br/>Music--Psychological aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3820  / L318 M 2012