Western [mis]conceptions underplay intrinsic human musicking: A hermaneutic exploration

This thesis addresses cultural beliefs where the notion of music as performance for critical judgement affects a freedom to be musical. Findings reveal a diminished potential for evolved, vital communicative musicality. Hermaneutic processes (after Gadamer) explore this widespread phenomenon via the central research question: How can everyday musicking be freed from socially evolved constructs that restrict instinctive musical expression?
Participant text reveals a veneer of culturally imposed non-musicality that fails to extinguish intrinsic musicality. Where conflicting misconceptions underdetermine everyday music engagement, lived experience highlights the need for and value in revisionary educational thought and inclusion.