Beschreibung:
Musical Cognition includes a selection of intriguing examples from recent literature exploring the role that an implicit or explicit knowledge of music plays when one listens to it. The scope of the topics discussed ranges from the ability of newborns to perceive a beat, to the unexpected musical expertise of ordinary listeners.
Part 1: De do do do, de da da da Babble Music1 First Listening Experiences2 The Illiterate Listener3 What this Book Is AboutPart 2: Ooh-ooh-ooh The Magic of Music4 Music as Mystery5 Music as Language6 Music as SoundPart 3: Hmmm . . . Music and Musicality7 We're Musical Creatures8 Measuring the Beat9 Do You Recognize this Melody?Part 4: Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Music as Cognition10 The Secret of the "Loud Rest"11 The Secret of the Details12 The Secret, Mapped OutPart 5: Aha! Music in Our Heads13 The Musical Listener14 Listening and Learning15 Encore