Noise as a Constructive Element in Music

Noise as a Constructive Element in Music: Theoretical and Music-Analytical Perspectives
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1032200391 | 233 Pages | PDF (True) | 6 MB
Music and noise seem to be mutually exclusive. Music is generally considered as an ordered arrangement of sounds pleasing to the ear and noise as its opposite: chaotic, ugly, aggressive, sometimes even deafening. When presented in a musical context, noise can thus act as a tool to express resistance to predominant cultural values, to society or to socioeconomic structures (including those of the music industry). The oppositional stance confirms current notions of noise as something which is destructive, a belief not only cherished by hard-core rock bands but also shared by engineers and companies developing devices to suppress or reduce noise in our daily environment.