The Musical Mind: The Cognitive Psychology of Music

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Clarendon Press, 1985 - 291 páginas
What are the mental processes involved in listening to, performing, and composing music? What is involved in "understanding" a piece of music? How are such skills acquired? Questions such as these form the basis of the cognitive psychology of music. The author addresses these questions by surveying the growing experimental literature on the subject. The author does not simply review existing research, but takes a critical look at what has been achieved in the subject, introducing such topics as composition and musical skill in non-literate cultures. He draws freely on his own knowledge and experience as a practicing musician as well as a psychologist to provide an overview that is scholarly and also accessible to the general reader. -- From publisher's description.

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MUSIC AS A COGNITIVE SKILL
1
MUSIC LANGUAGE AND MEANING
11
THE PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC
68
COMPOSITION AND IMPROVISATION
102
LISTENING TO MUSIC
151
MUSICAL LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
219
CULTURE
239
REFERENCES
269
INDEXES
283
198
287
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