Psychology of Music (Cognition and Perception) - Tapa dura

"Chapter titles show continuing interest in many of the traditional topics--rhythm, melody, scales, musical ability, the nature of sound--and also in newer areas of inquiry, e.g., the neuropsychological study of musical perception. The editor has succeeded admirably in making this edition a valuable and timely resource for musicians and psychologists at the upper-division undergraduate level and above."--CHOICE, reviewed by W. M. Bigham, Emeritus, Morehead State University, March 1999

This text covers topics such as concert halls, from magic to number theory; music and the auditory system; the perception of musical tones and singing; intervals, scales and tuning; absolute pitch; grouping mechanisms in music; processing of pitch combinations; neural nets, temporal composites and tonality; hierarchical expectation and musical style; rhythm and timing in music; music performance; the musical ability; neurological aspects of music perception and performance; and comparative music perception and cognition.