Godøy, R. I. (2006). Gestural-Sonorous Objects: embodied extensions of Schaeffer’s conceptual apparatus. Organised Sound, 11:2:149-157

Although Schaeffer's work is sometimes understood as dissociating sound from everyday (or so-called 'ecological') contexts, it can be argued that the very general and fundamental categories of sound shapes in Schaeffer's theory are closely linked with images of body movement. This is in particular clear in the case of types of sonic objects (the so-called typology), with the categories impulsive, sustained, and iterative sounds, which may be related respectively with impulsive, sustained, and iterative types of actions. In addition, other patterns in the shape and evolution of the sounds may also be related to actions, such as various fluctuations in harmonic content, dynamics, pitch, etc.