How we hear music : the relationship between music and the hearing mechanism /

This book begins by discussing the early evolution of simple 'Western' tonal music; what exactly were the characteristics of the intervals and scales which hearing selected. It then considers problems such as what hearing has selected as instrumental tone, and why we have such a peculiar a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beament, James, 1921-2005 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, [2001]
Temas:
Musical perception.
Hearing.
Music > Acoustics and physics.
Perception de la musique.
Musique > Acoustique et physique.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Preliminaries
  • 2. Aural archaeology
  • 3. Hearing selects intervals
  • 4. The beguiling harmonic theory
  • 5. The imitating voice
  • 6. Hearing simultaneous pitches
  • 7. Patterns in harmony
  • 8. Loudness
  • 9. Music through the hearing machine
  • 10. A sense of direction
  • 11. Time and rhythm
  • 12. Conclusions
  • Appendices: 1. Interval names
  • 2. Selecting pentatonic pitches
  • 3. An alternative dodecaphonic route
  • 4. Pitch discrimination and intervals
  • 5. Tuning a keyboard by beats
  • 6. The abominable cent
  • 7. Repetition rates
  • 8. Anatomical evolution
  • 9. The primitive processor?
  • 10. The ear structures
  • 11. Hair cells
  • 12. Recording auditory nerve pulses
  • 13. The irregular distribution of pulses
  • 14. The length of resonant vibrations
  • 15. The place theory
  • 16. Loudness
  • 17. Memory storage and recovery of pitches
  • 18. Signalling direction
  • 19. Words and scents.

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