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The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R1,302
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The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures (Paperback, New Ed): David Temperley

The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures (Paperback, New Ed)

David Temperley

Series: The MIT Press

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Winner of the 2003 Emerging Scholar Award, presented by the Society for Music Theory In this book, David Temperley addresses a fundamental question about music cognition: how do we extract basic kinds of musical information, such as meter, phrase structure, counterpoint, pitch spelling, harmony, and key from music as we hear it? Taking a computational approach, Temperley develops models for generating these aspects of musical structure. The models he proposes are based on "preference rules," which are criteria for evaluating a possible structural analysis of a piece of music. A preference rule system evaluates many possible interpretations and chooses the one that best satisfies the rules. After an introductory chapter, Temperley presents preference rule systems for generating six basic kinds of musical structure: meter, phrase structure, contrapuntal structure, harmony, and key, as well as pitch spelling (the labeling of pitch events with spellings such as A flat or G sharp). He suggests that preference rule systems not only show how musical structures are inferred, but also shed light on other aspects of music. He substantiates this claim with discussions of musical ambiguity, retrospective revision, expectation, and music outside the Western canon (rock and traditional African music). He proposes a framework for the description of musical styles based on preference rule systems and explores the relevance of preference rule systems to higher-level aspects of music, such as musical schemata, narrative and drama, and musical tension.

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Imprint: MIT Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: The MIT Press
Release date: August 2004
First published: 2004
Authors: David Temperley (Associate Professor of Music Theory)
Dimensions: 229 x 178 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 422
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-70105-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Cognitive theory
Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General
Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Audio processing > General
Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
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LSN: 0-262-70105-7
Barcode: 9780262701051

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