Starting from the hypothesis that the signals used in conducting are systematic and shared, so as to make up a lexicon, this work finds out and analyses 23 gesture types, and 11 values in their parameters, that within the body signals of choir and orchestra conductors convey intensity indications: piano, forte, crescendo, diminuendo. The gestures selected from a corpus of concerts and rehearsals are analysed through an annotation scheme that describes the body signals soliciting dynamic action, their precise meanings, and the semiotic devices used; for example, enlarging arms progressively, by representing something growing in width, evokes a crescendo: an iconic resemblance with transposition across modalities, where amplitude is transposed from the visual to the auditory domain.

Forte, piano, crescendo, diminuendo: gestures of intensity in orchestra and choir conduction / Poggi, Isabella; Ansani, Alessandro. - 141(2017), pp. 111-119. (Intervento presentato al convegno 4th European and 7th Nordic Symposium on Multimodal Communication (MMSYM 2016) tenutosi a Copenhagen).

Forte, piano, crescendo, diminuendo: gestures of intensity in orchestra and choir conduction

Poggi, Isabella
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;
Ansani, Alessandro
Writing – Review & Editing
2017

Abstract

Starting from the hypothesis that the signals used in conducting are systematic and shared, so as to make up a lexicon, this work finds out and analyses 23 gesture types, and 11 values in their parameters, that within the body signals of choir and orchestra conductors convey intensity indications: piano, forte, crescendo, diminuendo. The gestures selected from a corpus of concerts and rehearsals are analysed through an annotation scheme that describes the body signals soliciting dynamic action, their precise meanings, and the semiotic devices used; for example, enlarging arms progressively, by representing something growing in width, evokes a crescendo: an iconic resemblance with transposition across modalities, where amplitude is transposed from the visual to the auditory domain.
2017
4th European and 7th Nordic Symposium on Multimodal Communication (MMSYM 2016)
Dynamics indication; choir conduction; orchestra conduction; intensity signals; body language in music
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Forte, piano, crescendo, diminuendo: gestures of intensity in orchestra and choir conduction / Poggi, Isabella; Ansani, Alessandro. - 141(2017), pp. 111-119. (Intervento presentato al convegno 4th European and 7th Nordic Symposium on Multimodal Communication (MMSYM 2016) tenutosi a Copenhagen).
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