Sound and Music: For the Pleasure of the Brain

Contents

• chapter 1 Historical Perspectives: The Origins of Western Music
• Traditions of Western Music
• The Secular Movement and Religious Accompaniments
• The Beginnings of Baroque
• Science and Music
• The Evolutionary Significance of Music chapter 2 Dimensions of Auditory Perception: Sound Waves
• Perception of Pitch
• Intensity & the Perception of Loudness
• Perception of Timbre
• Perspectives on Tonal Color
• The Development of Musical Scale
• Perspectives on the Significance of Musical Scales chapter 3 The Psychology of Music: How We Hear and Why We Don't, Active Listening
• Some Performing Skills
• Musical Training
• Musical Aptitude and Achievement
• Musical Enjoyment and the Meaning of Music
• Music and the Brain
• Music Therapy chapter 4 Epilogue chapter 5 References chapter 6 Name Index chapter 7 Subject Index