
Music Cognition
Academic Press
Published on 10. December 1985
Book
Mixed media product
284 pages
978-0-12-221430-1 (ISBN)
Description
Academic Press Series in Cognition and Perception: A Series of Monographs and Treatises: Music Cognition focuses on the perception and cognition of music. The book first elaborates on the sense and perception of sound and timbre, consonance, and dissonance. Discussions focus on timbre, consonance and dissonance, sound waves, loudness, localization, music materials, music, cognition, and culture. The text then takes a look at musical scales and melody, including memory for melodic features, scales in other cultures, absolute pitch, Western scales and equal temperament, and alternative accounts. The manuscript ponders on melodic organization, rhythm and organization of time, emotion, and meaning, and cultural contexts of musical experience. Topics include function of music in society, description from within cultures, a cognitive theory of emotion, temporal experience, perception of rhythm, and cross-cultural studies. The book is a dependable reference for music experts and researchers interested in music cognition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
670 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-221430-1 (9780122214301)
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Author
University of Texas, Dallas, U.S.A.
Situation Management Systems,Inc., Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Content
The Sense of Sound.
The Perception of Sound.
Timbre.
Consonance.
Dissonance.
Musical Scales.
Melody.
Attention and Memory.
Melodic Organization.
Rhythm and the Organization of Time.
Emotion and Meaning.
Cultural Contexts of Musical Experience.
References.
Subject Index.
The Perception of Sound.
Timbre.
Consonance.
Dissonance.
Musical Scales.
Melody.
Attention and Memory.
Melodic Organization.
Rhythm and the Organization of Time.
Emotion and Meaning.
Cultural Contexts of Musical Experience.
References.
Subject Index.