Reinterpreting dual-aspect meter in 20th and 21st century repertoires

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  • Leandro Gumboski Instituto Federal do Paraná (IFPR)

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https://doi.org/10.33871/vortex.2024.12.9169

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Dual-aspect meter, Metrical dissonance, Metrical consonance, Metrical process

Abstract

The Theory of Metrical Dissonance has been developed since the last decades of the 20th century based on analyzes of Western repertoires from the 19th century. This theory has also received a few recent contributions. One of these new proposals deals with the dual-aspect of a metrical dissonance – a principle that brings together aspects of metrical consonance and dissonance. This paper revisits the concept of dual-aspect meter and seeks to articulate it with the idea of meter as a process and with principles specific to cognitive psychology. Three possible means of dualizing a metrical dissonance are identified: between the first and other listening; between the first and other occurrence; by style convention. This reinterpretation also includes analytical examples of repertoires from the last one hundred and twenty years, from popular and erudite traditions, which outline the entire body of the text below.

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Author Biography

Leandro Gumboski, Instituto Federal do Paraná (IFPR)

PhD in Arts from the Postgraduate Program in Music at the University of São Paulo (USP, 2022), Master in Music from the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC, 2014) and Bachelor in Music from the Faculty of Arts of Paraná (FAP / UNESPAR, 2012). He has been a professor at the Instituto Federal do Paraná - Campus Paranaguá since 2015, where he served as Director of Teaching, Research and Extension from 2020 to 2024. As a researcher, he has experience in the area of ​​Musicology with an emphasis on Music Theory and Analysis, working mainly with topics on rhythmic and metric theories focused on music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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2024-12-01

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Gumboski, L. (2024). Reinterpreting dual-aspect meter in 20th and 21st century repertoires. Vortex Music Journal, 12, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.33871/vortex.2024.12.9169

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Vol. 12 (2024): Revista Vórtex

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