Music Cognition: The Basics - The Basics (Paperback, 3rd Edition)

Why do people attach importance to the wordless language we call music? Music Cognition: The Basics considers the role of our cognitive functions, such as perception, memory, attention, and expectation in perceiving, making, and appreciating music.

In this volume, Henkjan Honing explores the active role these functions play in how music makes us feel; exhilarated, soothed, or inspired. Grounded in the latest research in areas of psychology, biology, and cognitive neuroscience, and with clear examples throughout, this book concentrates on underappreciated musical skills such as sense of rhythm, beat induction, and relative pitch, that make people intrinsically musical creatures—supporting the conviction that all humans have a unique, instinctive attraction to music.

The scope of the topics discussed ranges from the ability of newborns to perceive a beat, to the unexpected musical expertise of ordinary listeners. It is a must read for anyone studying the psychology of music, auditory perception, or simply interested in why we enjoy music the way we do.

Table of Contents

Part 1: De do do do, de da da da | The tone of speech and music 1. First Listening Experiences 2. The Illiterate Listener Part 2: Ooh-ooh-ooh | The Magic of Music 3. Music as Mystery 4. Music as Language 5. Music as Sound Part 3: Hmmm . . . | Music and Musicality 6. We’re Musical Creatures 7. Measuring the Beat 8. Do You Recognize this Melody?Part 4: Tá-ta-ta-tá-ta | Music as Cognition 9. The Secret of the "Loud Rest" 10. The Secret of the Details 11. The Secret, Mapped Out Part 5: Aha! | Music in Our Minds 12. The Musical Listener 13. Listening and Learning 14. Encore

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General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Basics
Release date:	September 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Henkjan Honing
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	182
Edition:	3rd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-74500-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > Perception Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Secondary schools > General Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-367-74500-3
Barcode:	9780367745004

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