Title: The musician's guide to perception and cognition /
Authors: Butler, David, 1943-
Publisher: Schirmer Books ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Music Psychological aspects; Auditory perception.; Cognition.; Musical perception.
Abstract: Music cognition approaches the study of music as a product of human minds/brains. The field involves psychologists, music theorists, systematic musicologists, ethnomusicologists, cognitive scientists, and philosophers interested in comprehending human music-making and musicality. This book covers psychoacoustical features and cognitive aspects of musical sound such as pitch and musical time.
Contents: Introduction -- Essentials of acoustics -- The sensory attributes of pitch -- The sensory attributes of timbre -- The sensory attributes of loudness -- The sensory attributes of time and space -- Cognitive aspects of pitch in music -- Cognitive aspects of musical timbre -- Cognition and time in music -- The development of cognitive awareness in music.