Psychology of Music: From Sound to Significance

Contents

• About the authors
• Preface to the second edition Notes to instructors
• Acknowledgments
• 1. The scope of psychology of music
• Part I . Foundations
• 2. The acoustics of music
• 3. Auditory perception and the neurophysiology of hearing
• 4. Cognitive neuroscience and the music-language link
• Part II . The perception and cognition of music
• 5. Perception of musical pitch and melody
• 6. Perception of musical time
• 7. Analysis and cognition of musical structure
• Part III . Development, learning, and performance
• 8. Emergence of auditory and music perception
• 9. Early musical development
• 10. Practice and musical expertise
• 11. The psychology of music performance
• Part IV . The meaning and significance of music
• 12. The social psychology of music
• 13. The question of meaning in music
• 14. The emotional power of music
• 15. Culture and music.
• Appendix The chapters in action. References. Name index. Subject index.