John Paul Ito

Focal Impulse Theory

 Focal Impulse Theory: Musical Expression, Meter, and the Body, Indiana University Press, 2021.   

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Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Conclusions 

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Discussion of beat quality, shifts of heard barlines, and phrase rhythm in Mozart, Piano Sonata K. 311, Andante con espressione.

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