166 Pages
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Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
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Why do people attach importance to the wordless language we call music? Musical Cognition suggests that music is a game. In music, our cognitive functions such as perception, memory, attention, and expectation are challenged; yet, as listeners, we often do not realize that the listener plays an active role in reaching the awareness that makes music so exhilarating, soothing, and inspiring. In... Read more
Part 1: De do do do, de da da da Babble Music 1 First Listening Experiences 2 The Illiterate Listener 3 What this Book Is About Part 2: Ooh-ooh-ooh The Magic of Music 4 Music as Mystery 5 Music as Language 6 Music as Sound Part 3: Hmmm . . . Music and Musicality 7 We're Musical Creatures 8 Measuring the Beat 9 Do You Recognize this Melody? Part 4: Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Music as Cognition 10 The Secret of the Loud Rest 11 The Secret of the Details 12 The Secret, Mapped Out Part 5: Aha! Music in Our Heads 13 The Musical Listener 14 Listening and Learning 15 Encore
Biography
Professor of Music Cognition Henkjan Honing (University of Amsterdam)
