johnjen
Headphoneus Supremus
Ah, I think I see…
The music resides (at least initially) in un-manifested potential and then when changed into acoustical power, is defined/refined during the interaction of the consciousness(s) 'playing' the music, by the creative process, while making it manifest.
The last remaining piece in this sequence is the listener themselves, as they feel and experience, and 'interpret' the 'meaning' of the intent of the composer of the work itself.
And to a (hopefully much) lessor degree, the means of delivering the performance of the musician(s) to the listener(s), will make minimal changes to the performance itself.
This entire 'sequence of causality' seems a better and more complete description, than previous attempts at trying to 'locate' where music resides.
As in, is music to be found 'in' the notes, or between the notes, or in the harmonic relationship between the stream of notes, or in the nature of the different intonations of each voice, etc etc.
All of which seem to be involved in one way or another, but are just aspects, which are related to the whole.
Thanks everyone for helping to dial this in for me!
JJ
The music resides (at least initially) in un-manifested potential and then when changed into acoustical power, is defined/refined during the interaction of the consciousness(s) 'playing' the music, by the creative process, while making it manifest.
The last remaining piece in this sequence is the listener themselves, as they feel and experience, and 'interpret' the 'meaning' of the intent of the composer of the work itself.
And to a (hopefully much) lessor degree, the means of delivering the performance of the musician(s) to the listener(s), will make minimal changes to the performance itself.
This entire 'sequence of causality' seems a better and more complete description, than previous attempts at trying to 'locate' where music resides.
As in, is music to be found 'in' the notes, or between the notes, or in the harmonic relationship between the stream of notes, or in the nature of the different intonations of each voice, etc etc.
All of which seem to be involved in one way or another, but are just aspects, which are related to the whole.
Thanks everyone for helping to dial this in for me!
JJ