Psychology of Music: From Sound to Significance Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781138124660 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 368 str.

Siu-Lan Tan; Peter Pfordresher; Rom Harre

Opis

In Psychology of Music: From Sound to Significance (2^nd edition), the authors consider music on a broad scale, from its beginning as an acoustical signal to its different manifestations across cultures. In their second edition, the authors apply the same richness of depth and scope that was a hallmark of the first edition of this text. In addition, having laid out the topography of the field in the original book, the second edition puts greater emphasis on linking academic learning to real-world contexts, and on including compelling topics that appeal to students' natural curiosity. Chapters have been updated with approximately 500 new citations to reflect advances in the field. The organization of the book remains the same as the first edition, while chapters have been updated and often expanded with new topics. Part I: Foundations explores the acoustics of sound, the auditory system, and responses to music in the brain. Part II: Perception and Cognition of Music focuses on how we process pitch, melody, meter, rhythm, and musical structure. Part III: Development, Learning, and Performance describes how musical capacities and skills unfold, beginning before birth to the advanced and expert musician. And finally, Part IV: The Meaning and Significance of Music explores social, emotional, philosophical and cultural dimensions of music and meaning. This book will be invaluable to undergraduates and postgraduate students in psychology and music, and will appeal to anyone who is interested in the vital and expanding field of psychology of music.

Spis treści

About the authors Preface to the second edition Notes to instructors  Acknowledgments  1. The scope of psychology of music  Part I. Foundations  2. The acoustics of music  3. Auditory perception and the neurophysiology of hearing  4. Cognitive neuroscience and the music-language link  Part II. The perception and cognition of music  5. Perception of musical pitch and melody  6. Perception of musical time  7. Analysis and cognition of musical structure  Part III. Development, learning, and performance  8. Emergence of auditory and music perception  9. Early musical development  10. Practice and musical expertise  11. The psychology of music performance  Part IV. The meaning and significance of music  12. The social psychology of music  13. The question of meaning in music  14. The emotional power of music  15. Culture and music.  Appendix: The chapters in action.  References.  Name index.  Subject index.