14 The Sounds of Recordings: Shaping Musical Ideas and Musical Expression
As we have been learning, musical ideas and the materials that present them are given extra dimensions and may be thereby enhanced in recordings. The artistic elements first described in Chapter 2 provide this enhancement, and are also dimensions that can be used for musical expression. They may transform musical substance and expression in recorded music, to enrich the music and its message.
In this chapter we will explore some of the possibilities of how the sound qualities of recordings shape musical ideas. In shaping musical ideas, these elements of sound contribute to subtle qualities of musical expression and also to the substance of what gives a musical idea its ...
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