The Attribute of Space in Music: Three Examples

• Author / Creator

  Arnáez, Nicolás A. M.

• Sound and space are physically inseparable; all sounds have a defined
  spatial location. Our ears receive the energy generated by sound sources
  traveling in the air and inform us about location, motion, and in many cases
  also the velocity of movement of that source.
  Since the 1950s, technology has allowed music composers to
  investigate the possibility of locating and moving sounds through space.
  These spatial principles of acoustics have become new artistic parameters in
  musical composition.
  Because all sounds we interact with have spatial content, it is crucial to
  study and understand how they behave in our everyday situations, how we
  perceive them, and how they affect us psychologically. This will allow us to
  create musical pieces with a natural and organic ability of motion.
  This thesis presents three musical compositions that deal with this new
  parameter, using different approaches.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • New music parameters
  • Music
  • Music technology
  • Max
  • Spat
  • Electroacoustic music
  • Sound perception
  • Space in music
  • Space perception
  • Spacialization

• Graduation date

  Spring 2014

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Music

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R32J68C8C

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.