Am ba waith rydych chi’n sôn?
Mary
From: Discussion of Welsh language technical terminology and vocabulary [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of anna gruffydd
Sent: 26 November 2014 09:13
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Subject: musical gestures
Cyd-destun:- nodyn rhaglen cyngerdd. "and in the way it creates a sense of coherence through a range of cyclic musical gestures."
Diffiniad:- In music, gesture is any movement, either physical (bodily) or mental (imaginary). As such "gesture" includes both categories of movements required to produce sound and categories of perceptual moves associated with those gestures. The concept of musical gestures has received much attention in various musicological disciplines (e.g. music analysis, music therapy, music psychology, NIME) in recent years.
For example, the "musical" movement from a close-position tonic C major chord to a close-position dominant G major chord requires on the piano the physical movement from each white key of the first chord to the right (in space, upwards in pitch) four white keys or steps. Thus gesture includes both characteristic physical movements by performers and characteristicmelodies, phrases, chord progressions, and arpeggiations produced by (or producing) those movements.
Ydi 'arwyddion' yn ddigonol? Diolch
Anna
Ye who opt for cut'n'paste
Tread with care and not in haste!