Single Tone Colour and the 'Sound' of Music Items. Some remarks on the qualitative aspects in music perception

摘要

In music analysis we perceive a significant gap between the possibility of analyzing and describing single tones or sound phenomena and the difficulty of dealing with qualitative aspects of complex music sequences and items. The present paper examines this matter with reference to the literature and through audiovisual documents from field research, discussing some theoretical and methodological aspects such as the need of upgrading our conceptual and terminological tools