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1Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Technology and human musicality coevolve, transforming music practices. Understanding this human-technology relationship, especially with mobile applications (apps), is key to grasping impacts on musical learning and cognition.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Music Technology
- Human-Computer Interaction
Background:
- Technology and human musicality share a coevolutionary relationship.
- Emerging technologies, particularly mobile applications, are reshaping musical practices and cognition.
Purpose of the Study:
- To theoretically account for the coevolution of technology and human musicality.
- To clarify how mobile applications (apps) transform musical skills, learning, and sense-making.
- To investigate the impact of 'appification' on musical cognition and embodied musical minds.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical analysis of the human-technology relationship in music.
- Examination of enactive and biocultural perspectives on musicality.
- Focus on mobile applications as co-constitutive elements of musical practice.
Main Results:
- Apps actively contribute to the conceptualization of musical activities.
- Apps can bridge embodied and abstract musical sense-making.
- Mobile applications are increasingly merging with traditional musical instruments.
Conclusions:
- Understanding the human-technology nexus in music requires acknowledging the role of apps.
- The 'appification' of music influences embodied musical cognition and learning.
- Future research should explore the coevolutionary impact of music technology on musicality.
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