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This led Herbert (2019) to differentiate absorption into three distinct forms: narrowed awareness, where attention is primarily focused on the music (aligning with classic definitions of absorption); broadened or fluctuating awareness, where attention seamlessly shifts between music, self-generated thought, and the external environment (a ...
Of the variety of psychological states that music can arouse, perhaps two of the most highly prized are absorption (a kind of “effortless involvement”) and dissociation or detachment. These...
This book presents a detailed analysis of what it means to be absorbed in playing music. Based on interviews with one of the world’s leading classical ensembles, The Danish String Quartet, it debunks the myth that experts cannot reflect while performing.
Feb 20, 2020 · The precise topic of Høffding’s study is what he calls “musical absorption”, a term that is used in a wider sense than what might be expected: it covers “almost any experience of playing an instrument undergone by an experienced musician, to refer to that person’s engagement with playing music” (4).
- Anna Petronella Foultier
- anna.petronella.foultier@philosophy.su.se
- 2020
Nov 11, 2011 · We created the Absorption in Music Scale (AIMS), a 34-item measure of individuals’ ability and willingness to allow music to draw them into an emotional experience. It was evaluated with a sample of 166 participants, and exhibits good psychometric properties.
- Gillian M. Sandstrom, Frank A. Russo
- 2013
Nov 9, 2016 · This is the first study to show that state and trait absorption have separable and distinct effects on a listener’s music experience, with state characteristics impacting music enjoyment in the moment, and trait characteristics influencing music preference based on its emotional content.
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Specifically, it draws on the constructs of trance, absorption, and dissociation as explicatory frames that throw into relief the self-regulating character — in psychological terms — of much everyday listening.
