Perspectives on Horn playing
A taxonomy of metaphors to highlight the various parts of horn playing
Components of horn playing
Dimensions of the taxonomy
- ontological
- epistemological
- phenomenological
What is the relationship of the Metaphors and the thing that they illuminate?
- mixins, rather than inheritance
Plan
- not hard boundaries, but overlapping layers
Dimensions
- ontological: idealist (language, disembodied) / materialist (sports, )
- what value is: intrinsic (hobby, participation, culture) / extrinsic (profession, business)
- phenomenological: locus of consciousness, experience etc
- epistemological: how do we know music?
- view of art: mastery/skill vs coming closer to perfect shapes (formalism)
- Introduction
- Horn Playing as (Self-)Expression
- Horn Playing as a Business
- Horn Playing as a Hobby
- Horn Playing as a Profession
- Horn Playing as Aesthetic Experience
- Horn Playing as Art
- Horn Playing as Cognition
- Horn Playing as Cultural Practice
- Horn Playing as Entertainment
- Horn Playing as Identity
- Horn Playing as Movement
- Horn Playing as Music Making
- Horn Playing as Self-Mastery
- Horn Playing as Serving Music
- Horn Playing as Sound Production
- Horn Playing as Speaking a Language
- Horn Playing as Sports
- Horn Playing as Tradition