Source note · R104
Musical Interaction Reveals Music as Embodied Language
A theoretical framework considers musical interaction through movement, prediction and shared action.
- Setting
- Related music & arts
- Kind of evidence
- Hypothesis and theory article
- Review extent
- Targeted source check
What was studied
The authors connect embodied accounts of language and music with research on coordination between performers.
What it contributes
The framework offers ways to ask how musicians anticipate, adapt and develop a sense of acting together.
Where the evidence stops
This is an interpretation of theory and existing experiments, not a new community-band intervention or a demonstrated participation benefit.
About this review
Research appraisal checked against the publisher’s article classification and opening framework.
Source note updated September 10, 2026. Read our approach to evidence.