Finding the beat
Subtitle: entrainment, rhythmic play, and social meaning in rock music
By: Nathan Hesselink
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2022
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9789354355677; 9781501392986; 9781501392993; 9781501393006
Subjects: Tempo (Music); Musical meter and rhythm
Description: "Finding the Beat explores humankind's ability, propensity, and enjoyment in finding the beat in live and recorded experiences of music-making through the lens of entrainment, the human capacity to perceive a beat and to synchronize to it. Anyone who has attended a concert, gone to a club, or watched a sporting event has witnessed and/or participated in tapping, clapping, or dancing along with a piece, song, or chant. It doesn't matter who or where you are in the world-as humans we spend a lot of time taking pleasure in matching our bodily movements with a perceived beat.   -- Drawing upon diverse examples from the North American and British rock repertoire, Nathan Hesselink demonstrates that listeners are gripped in deep and compelling ways when musicians play with or against the expectations set up by entrainment. Via musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, and cognitive neuroscience, he  illustrates the creative, aesthetic, and participatory pleasure and wonder afforded by our collective ability to find the beat"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: 1. Preamble [introduction to main themes and terminology of book]; title: 2. Ambiguity, Rhythm, and Participation in Radiohead's "Pyramid Song"; title: 3. Rhythmic Play, Compositional Intent, and Communication in Rock Music; title: 4. The Backbeat as Expressive Device in Rock Music; title: 5. Entrainment and the Human-Technology Interface, Historical and Technological Considerations; title: 6. Entrainment and the Human-Technology Interface, Sociological and Aesthetic Considerations; title: 7. Radiohead, Oxford, and a Rhythmic Holy Grail; title: Appendix A: Vancouver and Los Angeles Crews; title: Bibliography; title: Index.