• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Five Facets of Musical Expression: A Psychologist's Perspective on Music Performance
  • Beteiligte: Juslin, Patrik N.
  • Erschienen: SAGE Publications, 2003
  • Erschienen in: Psychology of Music
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1177/03057356030313003
  • ISSN: 1741-3087; 0305-7356
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p> The aim of this article is to outline a psychological approach to expression in music performance that could help to provide a solid foundation for the teaching of expressive skills in music education. Drawing on previous research, the author suggests that performance expression is best conceptualized as a multi-dimensional phenomenon consisting of five primary components: (a) Generative rules that function to clarify the musical structure; (b) Emotional expression that serves to convey intended emotions to listeners; (c) Random variations that reflect human limitations with regard to internal time-keeper variance and motor delays; (d) Motion principles that prescribe that some aspects of the performance (e.g. timing) should be shaped in accordance with patterns of biological motion; and (e) Stylistic unexpectedness that involves local deviations from performance conventions. An analysis of performance expression in terms of these five components - collectively referred to as the GERMS model - has important implications for research and teaching of music performance. </jats:p>