How does the definition of music vary between cultures? The Psychology of Music explores the important impact music has on our everyday lives, and its influence on society, groups and individual people.
... bringing to mind PhillipsSilver and Trainor's (2005) study (from chapter 8) on the connection between 'beat' experienced as body movement and auditory perception of rhythmic structure. Hand gestures (Curwen hand signs) are used to ...
The temporal lobe of the pianist in our example will play a vital role in her ability to listen to and synchronize with the singer, as well as process auditory feedback from her piano performance. Another important lobe in the ...
Specific tonal patterns Cooke (1959) set out to show that the idea of 'music as a language capable of expressing certain very definite things' (p. xi) is not merely a fanciful notion. Proposing that the way emotion is expressed through ...
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Comprised of 18 chapters, this book begins with a review of the classical psychoacoustical literature on tone perception, focusing on characteristics of particular relevance to music.
The only concise introduction to the subject, this thoroughly revised edition of The Psychology of Music combines a comprehensive summary with critical assessments of existing research.
Standard study by founder of Seashore test. Relationship between physical phenomena of sounds and our perception of them. Music as a medium, physical acoustics, auditory apparatus, sound perception, more. Includes 88 figures.
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This introduction, by the developer of the Seashore test of musical ability, is a thorough survey of this field, the standard book for psychologists specializing in the area, for the school, and for interested musicologists.