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The Mystery of Music | Jeremy Begbie

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The Apodgiatura: A Device for Resolving Attention

Music psychologist John Sloboda has done a lot of research on the apodgiatura. Over and over again in music that people say moves them very deeply, you will find a preponderance of apodGIaturrs. Music speaks for you sometimes with an intensity that if you're not a musician, you couldn't compose that music but it does it for you. It helps you feel what you would like to feel, or perhaps should be feeling.

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