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The aim is to reframe sign language cover songs as a method of music analysis, highlighting the analytical abilities of Deaf listeners.

How Sign Language Analyzes Musical Form

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This article analyzes music using sign language cover songs, revealing insights into musical form among Deaf listeners.

The aim is to reframe sign language cover songs as a method of music analysis, highlighting the analytical abilities of Deaf listeners.
Analyzed sign language cover songs along a continuum from literal to free translations.
Explored the role of movement type, space, and nonmanual markers in American Sign Language.
Evaluated how these parameters articulate musical form.
Identified three parameters that define musical form in ASL cover songs: movement type, space, and nonmanual markers.
Demonstrated that Deaf listeners use sign language to express complex musical analysis effectively.
Showed variability in sign language translations from literal descriptions to suggestive interpretations.

Anabel Maler (2026) studied this question.

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