Acknowledgments ix
Prelude xi
Part I Musicking
1 Music as an Active Process 3
2 Music as an Embodied Process 23
3 Musical Instruments 39
Part II Embodiment
4 Music-Related Body Motion 53
5 Functional Aspects 71
6 Representations of Sound Actions 85
Part III Interaction
7 Action–Sound Couplings 99
8 Action–Sound Mappings 123
9 Spationtemporality 159
Part IV Affection
10 From Ivory to Silicone 177
11 Unconventional Instruments 205
12 Performing in the Air 219
Postlude 243
Bibliography 253
Index 281

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Alexander Refsum Jensenius is Professor of Music Technology at the University of Oslo.

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