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constructs of time. A logical question can be formulated concerning the above
discussion: can we hear time? Before that question can be answered, a distinction needs
to be drawn between what is actually heard and what is internally conceptualized. For
instance, symmetry can be heard in music, the events that take place within a typical
classical tonal binary phrase can be perceived to exhibit symmetrical properties. On the
other hand, structural or temporal multiplicity, vertical time, and metonymy are
techniques used to draw attention to time as an area of play, and may not perceived as
musical time, but rather constructed as such through cognitive processes.
As Thomas Reiner states in his Semiotics of Musical Time, "it is reasonable to
assert that time is not audible - that time cannot be heard."'12 But, he also concedes that
objections to statements such as "music makes time audible" are as "pedantic as an
objection to the expression we can hear music."' 3 Reiner's argument is substantiated by
cognitive psychological research, and is based on making a distinction between hearing
(perception) and internal conceptualization (cognition). As Reiner states in his study
"perception refers to the physiological gathering and physiological processing of external
information, while cognition refers to the internal mental processing of that
information."'14
Lack of a sensory organ has been observed as evidence of the inability to hear
time by psychologists, as well as Reiner. It can be argued successfully that the same
applies for space. We have no more immediate access to space through our sensory input
12 Reiner, Thomas. Semiotics of Musical Time, p. 182
13 Ibid. p. 182
14 Ibid. p. 1846
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Gedosh, David. Augeries, for Flute, Clarinet, Percussion and Tape: Aesthetic Discussion and Theoretical Analysis, dissertation, May 2009; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9851/m1/13/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .