Ebook: Music, Mind, and Brain: The Neuropsychology of Music

There is much music in our lives -yet we know little about its function. Music is one of man's most remarkable inventions - though possibly it may not be his invention at all: like his capacity for language his capacity for music may be a naturally evolved biologic .function. All cultures and societies have music. Music differs from the sounds of speech and from other sounds, but only now do we find ourselves at the threshold of being able to find out how our brain processes musical sounds differently from other sounds. We are going through an exciting time when these questions and the question of how music moves us are being seriously investigated for the first time from the perspective of the co-ordinated functioning of the organism: the perspective of brain function, motor function as well as perception and experience. There is so much we do not yet know. But the roads to that knowledge are being opened, and the coming years are likely to see much progress towards providing answers and raising new questions. These questions are different from those music theorists have asked themselves: they deal not with the structure of a musical score (although that knowledge is important and necessary) but with music in the flesh: music not outside of man to be looked at from written symbols, but music-man as a living entity or system.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages N2-xiii
Music, Mind, and Meaning....Pages 1-19
Brain Mechanism in Music....Pages 21-35
Physical and Neuropsychological Foundations of Music....Pages 37-46
The Living Quality of Music....Pages 47-82
A Grammatical Parallel between Music and Language....Pages 83-117
Organizational Processes in Music....Pages 119-136
Speech, Song, and Emotions....Pages 137-149
Prosody and Musical Rhythm are Controlled by the Speech Hemisphere....Pages 151-157
Perception and Performance of Musical Rhythm....Pages 159-169
Neurobiologic Functions of Rhythm, Time, and Pulse in Music....Pages 171-216
The Judgment of Musical Intervals....Pages 217-225
Affective Versus Analytic Perception of Musical Intervals....Pages 227-250
Two Channel Pitch Perception....Pages 251-269
Spectral-Pitch Pattern....Pages 271-278
Spectral Fusion and the Creation of Auditory Images....Pages 279-298
The Perceptual Onset of Musical Tones....Pages 299-319
The Pitch Set as a Level of Description for Studying Musical Pitch Perception....Pages 321-351
Impact of Computers on Music....Pages 353-369
Electronic Müsic....Pages 371-385
A Note New Music And Neurobiologic Research....Pages 387-398
Back Matter....Pages 417-431
A Computer Model Of Music Recognition....Pages 399-416

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages N2-xiii
Music, Mind, and Meaning....Pages 1-19
Brain Mechanism in Music....Pages 21-35
Physical and Neuropsychological Foundations of Music....Pages 37-46
The Living Quality of Music....Pages 47-82
A Grammatical Parallel between Music and Language....Pages 83-117
Organizational Processes in Music....Pages 119-136
Speech, Song, and Emotions....Pages 137-149
Prosody and Musical Rhythm are Controlled by the Speech Hemisphere....Pages 151-157
Perception and Performance of Musical Rhythm....Pages 159-169
Neurobiologic Functions of Rhythm, Time, and Pulse in Music....Pages 171-216
The Judgment of Musical Intervals....Pages 217-225
Affective Versus Analytic Perception of Musical Intervals....Pages 227-250
Two Channel Pitch Perception....Pages 251-269
Spectral-Pitch Pattern....Pages 271-278
Spectral Fusion and the Creation of Auditory Images....Pages 279-298
The Perceptual Onset of Musical Tones....Pages 299-319
The Pitch Set as a Level of Description for Studying Musical Pitch Perception....Pages 321-351
Impact of Computers on Music....Pages 353-369
Electronic Müsic....Pages 371-385
A Note New Music And Neurobiologic Research....Pages 387-398
Back Matter....Pages 417-431
A Computer Model Of Music Recognition....Pages 399-416
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