Language of Technique as a Mechanism in the Process of Creating Music

An Empirical Study of a Senior High School Music Department’s Wind Instrument Section

Abstract

In the process of creating music, language of technique is frequently used which effectively functions when a student is learning a technique, although this language does not adequately convey meaning. This study focuses on the language of technique to clarify its mechanism. Previous research analyzed the theoretical development of and the way in which the language of technique has been applied, and investigated the dual relationship between the content of music and the language used to adjust for the divergence of images of sounds and expressed sounds. In contrast, the present study, building upon past research, examines a threefold relationship that also includes the body. Developing the empirical study regarding the above two part relationship and to modify the phase in the body, the language of technique directly works on a dimension that can only be perceived by the senses. By analyzing several cases, the study reveals that the language of technique serves various practical functions that awaken the senses, including the mobilization of the multifaceted senses and the definition of figures according to the establishment of ground. This is achieved by transcending the specific individual circumstances and instructions that change the standpoint of the subject or object perceiving the sound.