ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the relationship between gestural qualities in music and corresponding outward movements of listeners. Based on perception-action theories, it argues that feeling the sounds in a kinaesthetic way should enhance experiences of music. The chapter describes gestural qualities of music and the contributions of musical imagery, highlighting early approaches to visualisations of musical gestures with overt bodily movements and motion trajectories. It presents selected findings of study based on Truslit's concepts of motion and shapes in music. The chapter outlines recent evidence and current challenges, with a focus on sonifying actions that translate bodily movements into sounds. It explores the characteristics of music-inherent gestures and potential kinaesthetic sensations when responding to these gestures. The chapter also describes in what ways the inner experiences of motion are expressed as bodily actions. It provides selected findings of a study addressing the relationship between musical gestures and bodily responses.
