Musician's Guide to Perception & Cognition

by David Butler

Book Overview

Written from a musician's, not a psychologist's, point of view, this book describes what we now know of the psychoacoustical features and the cognitive aspects of musical sound. It briefly reviews experimental procedures and philosophy, and provides a concise introduction to acoustics. The text then reviews the psychophysical literature related to the sensory attributes of pitch, timbre, loudness and time and space; and reviews the conginitve literature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028703413
• ISBN13: 9780028703411
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.