Des Herzraums Abschied: Mark Johnson's Theory of Embodied Knowledge and Music Theory

Abstract

theory can seem, at times, a relentlessly abstract discipline. Although we theorists often play music, and illustrate our points with music, and even enjoy music, what theory is about, first and foremost, is concepts. And concepts, as we all know, originate in the mind. Or do they? Consider a staple of musical description, the paired notions of tension and release. Various musical situations can be described in terms of tension and release; for instance:

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