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By Michel Chion, James A. Steintrager
Published: 01 January 2016
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7482-4
... complex sounds tonic sounds precise pitch musique concrète cinema ...
Published: 01 January 2016
DOI: 10.1215/9780822374824-006
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7482-4
... This chapter explores the characterization of certain types or instances of sound as noise and in particular the distinction within the musical domain between supposedly inherently musical sounds and noisy ones. Western musical theory and practice have privileged tonic sounds, that is, those...
Book Chapter

By Michel Chion, James A. Steintrager
Published: 01 January 2016
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7482-4
... the distinction within the musical domain between supposedly inherently musical sounds and noisy ones. Western musical theory and practice have privileged tonic sounds, that is, those with precise pitch, and have overlooked or diminished the relevance of complex sounds, that is, those with nonperiodic frequency...