Abstract:In this article, I discuss the limitations of the main conceptual metaphor for the understanding of harmony in Western music, namely, the metaphor harmony is tension and relaxation, and suggest alternative metaphors for this experience that may aid in investigations about the expressive potential of harmony. I discuss how this metaphor acquired great importance in recent research in music cognition, and has been considered fundamental in the experience of meaning and emotion in music, but has had some shortcom… Show more
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