| Description |
1 online resource (x, 291 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford psychology series ; no. 5 |
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Oxford psychology series ; no. 5.
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| Contents |
Music as a cognitive skill -- Music, language, and meaning. Introduction ; Chomsky and Schenker ; Other comparisons between language and music ; Musical phonology ; Musical syntax ; Musical semantics ; Conclusions -- The performance of music. Introduction ; Sight reading ; Rehearsal ; Expert performance -- Composition and improvisation. Introduction ; Manuscript evidence ; Composers' writings on their own compositional process ; Observations of composers at work ; Improvisation -- Listening to music. Introduction ; 'Natural hearing' : primitive grouping mechanisms in music ; Attention in music listening ; Memory in music listening -- Musical learning and development. Introduction ; Musical enculturation ; Training and skill acquisition ; Assessing musical ability -- The musical mind in context : culture and biology. Introduction ; Culture and musical thinking ; Biology and musical thinking |
| Summary |
What are the mental processes involved in listening to, performing, and composing music? The author surveys the experimental literature in this area, and takes a critical look at what has been achieved, introducing such topics as composition and musical skill in non-literate cultures |
| Analysis |
Music Psychological aspects |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-282) |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Music -- Psychological aspects.
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Cognition.
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Music -- psychology
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Cognitive Science
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy -- instrumentation
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Cognition
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cognition.
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Cognition
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Music -- Psychological aspects
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Musikpsychologie
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Kognitive Psychologie
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Musik
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Muziekpsychologie.
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Composition (musique) -- Aspect psychologique.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0198521286 |
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9780198521280 |
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9780191706257 |
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0191706256 |
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