TY - BOOK AU - Larson,Steve ED - Indiana University. TI - Musical forces: motion, metaphor, and meaning in music T2 - Musical meaning & interpretation SN - 9780253356826 AV - ML3820 .L36 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Music KW - Physiological aspects KW - Physiological effect KW - Psychological aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; -- Introduction; -- A theory of musical forces. Thinking about music and thinking in music : pattern, meaning, analogy, metaphor and hierarchies ; Something in the way she moves : the metaphor of musical motion ; Melodic forces : gravity, magnetism, and inertia ; A theory of melodic expectation ; Rhythm, meter, and musical forces ; Analyses; -- Evidence for musical forces. Converging evidence : an introduction to part 2 ; Evidence from experiments in visual perception and neuroscience ; Evidence from compositions and improvisations ; Evidence from music-theoretical misunderstandings ; Evidence from a listener-judgment experiment ; Evidence from comparing computer models with production-experiment results; -- Conclusion. Summary and prospects ER -