Modalities of signification in contemporary music
Francesco Giomi, Marco Ligabue · Contemporary Music Review · 1998
Our research work is based on an aesthesic-cognitive approach to the description of sound events in contemporary music analysis. It starts with the definition of a phonematic paradigm and goes on with the individuation of analytical-computational strategies. After the formalization of a paradigm of distinctive features, we have made a series of tables based on the phonological method “present feature/absent feature” that permits a descriptive and comparative study of specific sound objects included in the piece. Such a process, together with a segmentation procedure based on perceptual criteria, can help the analyst to verify the direct or transversal composer's strategies during his organization of sound events.