1 : Introduction Learning outcomes -- Overview of
... book contents -- Abiding controversies -- Recent areas of research growth -- Additional readings -- 2 : Origins Of Music Learning outcomes -- Prehistoric music -- Adaptationist accounts -- Theories based on reproductive benefits -- Theories based on survival benefits -- Nonadaptationist accounts -- Precursors to music -- Additional readings -- 3 : Musical Building Blocks Learning outcomes -- Elements of sound -- Periodic motion -- Discovery of music within sound -- Sensory consonance and dissonance -- Tuning systems -- Sensitivity to pitch -- Models of pitch perception -- Absolute pitch -- Timbre -- Reconstructing music -- Additional readings -- 4 : Music Acquisition Learning outcomes -- Musical infants -- Music in the womb -- Investigating music perception among infants -- Melodic contour -- Consonance and dissonance -- Pitch relations -- Scale structure -- Phrase structure -- Harmony -- Key -- Rhythm -- Memory for music -- Learning and enculturation -- Additional readings -- 5 : Perceiving Music Structure Learning outcomes -- Arrangements of sounds -- Relative pitch -- Melodic contour -- Scale structure -- Large-scale structure -- Melodic expectancies -- Implicit memory for music -- Implied harmony -- Musical key -- Implied key -- Rhythm -- Additional readings -- 6 : Music And Emotion Learning outcomes -- Emotion work -- Emotion and cognition -- Theories of music and emotion -- Empirical studies -- Do listeners agree on the emotional meaning of music? -- How do listeners respond emotionally to music? -- Compositional and expressive signals of emotion -- What properties of music lead to an emotional response? -- Is there a universal link between music and emotion? -- Sources of emotion in music -- Additional readings -- 7 : Music And The Brain Learning outcomes -- What's in a brain? -- Search for music inside the brain -- Neurological disorders -- Techniques of neuroimaging -- Neuroimaging and music -- Rapidly evolving field -- Additional readings -- 8 : Performing Music Learning outcomes -- Playing music -- Acquiring performance skill -- Communicating musical structure -- Communicating emotional meaning -- Singing -- Improvising -- Gestures and facial expressions -- Evaluating performance -- Craft of the performer -- Additional readings -- 9 : Composing Music Learning outcomes -- Radius of creativity -- Composers and listeners -- Cognitive constraints on composition -- Composing with multiple voices -- Where do new ideas come from? -- Craft of music composition -- Additional readings -- 10 : Music And Other Abilities Learning outcomes -- Is music unique? -- Short-term effects of music -- Long-term benefits of music -- Educational implications -- Additional readings. Read More
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