Musical Forces: Motion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music - Hardcoverby Steve Larson (Author) Steve Larson drew on his 20 years of research in music theory, cognitive linguistics, experimental psychology, and artificial intelligence as well as his skill as a jazz pianist to show how the experience of physical motion can shape one's musical experience. Clarifying the roles of analogy, metaphor, grouping, pattern, hierarchy, and emergence in the explanation of musical meaning, Larson explained how listeners hear tonal