Cognitive Foundations of Musical Pitch

by Carol L. Krumhansl

Book Overview

This book addresses the central problem of music cognition: how listeners' responses move beyond mere registration of auditory events to include the organization, interpretation, and remembrance of these events in terms of their function in a musical context of pitch and rhythm. Equally important, the work offers an analysis of the relationship between the psychological organization of music and its internal structure. Combining over a decade of original...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195148363
• ISBN13: 9780195148367
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"