Интонация и знак
Intonation and Sign

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to give an answer to the question could the semiotic approach be accepted and applied in the case musical intonation. The resolution of the problem is searched by means of а comparative study of the structures of meaning in musical and verbal systems. The author notes that the basic function of the sign is that of substitution and denotation, while intonation is vivid, natural and stands for а spontaneous expression of some experience (psychological process). The assimilation of these two forms of sound performances is realized through а study of speech intonation attesting the changes of tune, volume, timbre, tempo and melody of speech – characteristics typical for music first of all. The author draws the attention to leithmotives and thus to the role of repetitions as one of the important means of construction in music. Some other processes, such as variations in the musical folk conscience, the adequate perception of the messages (recognition, or even identification of similar sound groups), are analysed, which are essential to the sign function of music. The author mentions the studies of Assafiev on the mechanism creating the conditional associative links between intonation and the referents object. Examples are given of some signs in Bulgarian folk music. The variations and particularities of ethnical and regional, specified genre intonations and complexes are outlined with regards to their Sign function. These intonational elements are instruments of thought and communication means, they transmit the experience of past generations – i.е. they become а MUSICAL LANGUAGE.

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