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Participatory Discrepancies and the Power of Music — Cultural Anthropology

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Key
keil1987-participatory-discrepancies
Authors
Keil, Charles
Issued
1987-8
Type
article-journal
Container
Cultural Anthropology
Volume
2
Issue
3
Pages
275-283
Raw CSL JSON
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Claims

  1. Keil argues that the power of music lies in participatory discrepancies, of two kinds, processual (beat, groove, swing) and textural, and that music must be 'out of time' and 'out of tune'.
    "The power of music is in its participatory discrepancies, and these are basically of two kinds: processual and textural. Music, to be personally involving and socially valuable, must be "out of time" and "out of tune." [...] For "process" one could substitute "beat," "drive," "groove," "swing," "push," etc."
    Locator: page: 275 · Quote language: en
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