Rhythm, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

Excerpt from Rhythm, Vol. 6

When the demand for such a study is so great, and students are being urged to make a trial, that one who does attempt it, though he fail, cannot be accounted rash.

The experimental study of rhythm which is to be presented in this paper, is an attempt to push the lines Of exact science a little farther forward into a field that borders more closely upon the field of aesthetics than any other that experimental psychologists have tried. The attempt is to be made to re duce rhythm to a more fundamental activity Of mind. The pleasure that individuals take in the rhythmic flow of words and sounds has been ascribed' by one to the Unifying Ac tivity Of the Feelings, by another to a Sense of Order, and by still another to The Feelings Of Equality. Such explanations as these do not meet the question at all, unless it can be shown that such activities or feelings are ultimate facts of mind. If they are ultimate facts Of the mind, it will be necessary, in order to make the explanation complete and valid, to show how they underlie other activities, for it is not to be supposed that any fundamental activity will manifest itself in a single phenomenon which bears no relation to other phenomena. Such does not seem to have been done by those who have Offered explanations Of the rhythms in speech, and the problem remains just where it was taken up. TO re gard rhythm as the manifestation or the form of the most fundamental activities Of mind, seems a clearer view and to Offer less difficulties than to regard it as an ultimate fact in itself. The problem, then, 1s to show how and to what extent it underlies mental activity, and, as preparatory to this, what part it plays in physiology and nature. Is there not some universal principle which is adequate as an explanation of rhythm in general?

Rhythm is so universal a phenomenon in nature and in physiological activity, and underlies so completely speech, that I desire to call attention to some Of its manifestations in detail before presenting the experimental study.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.