Embodied Micro-Transitions
A Single-Case Analysis of an Amateur Band Studio Session
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https://doi.org/10.7146/si.v4i4.128655Keywords:
activity transitions, auditory objects, multiactivity, temporality, musicAbstract
Employing multimodal conversation analysis, this article examines a single episode of interaction taken from a studio session, during which two musicians check a chord progression. It illustrates how intra-activity micro-transitions are solely achieved through embodied actions. The detailed analysis reveals (a) how the suspension of “playing-along” is occasioned to exhibit participants’ orientation to auditory objects whose “turning-on” makes relevant disengagement from other interactional involvements; and (b) how the temporal complexities of multiactivity are contingently managed in exclusive order, explicating (c) members’ embodied practices for working around the organizational constraints of the auditory objects.
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