Music as human practice in the perspective of phenomenological participation

Starting from the perspective of embodied cognitive science, the understanding of literature and music can be described as a form of participation. From this perspective, understanding is conceived as a nonverbal enactive process. The music pedagogical approach of David J. Elliott (1995) seems to use this perspective by focusing on music as practice. Musical understanding here means knowing-in-action and reflecting-in-action. The discussed comprehension of the nonverbal and enactive character of musical practice may contribute to an extension of the music pedagogical concept of participation (Orgass, 2007). (DIPF/Orig.