Musical Rhythm for Linguists: A Response to Justin London

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2012-01

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Empirical Musicology Review

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Musical timing is a rich, complex phenomenon which changes across cultures, periods and styles and requires highly explicit terminology in order to communicate clearly between music theorists, psychologists, neuroscientists, performers and indeed with linguists. Here I respond to Justin London’s opening paper by outlining and expanding upon his key points and raising additional questions regarding the neural basis and the functional role of musical timing.

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beat, rhythm, meter, pulse, shared experience

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Empirical Musicology Review, v7 n1-2 (Jan-Apr 2012), 12-16