Description: Cognition Of Basic Musical Structures, Paperback by Temperley, David, ISBN 0262701057, ISBN-13 9780262701051, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In this book, David Temperley addresses a fundamental question about music cognition: how do we extract basic kinds of musical information, such as meter, phrase structure, counterpoint, pitch spelling, harmony, and key from music as we hear it? Taking a computational approach, Temperley develops models for generating these aspects of musical structure. The models he proposes are based on preference rules, which are criteria for evaluating a possible structural analysis of a piece of music. A preference rule system evaluates many possible interpretations and chooses the one that best satisfies the rules. After an introductory chapter, Temperley presents preference rule systems for generating six basic kinds of musical structure: meter, phrase structure, contrapuntal structure, harmony, and key, as well as pitch spelling (the labeling of pitch events with spellings such as A flat or G sharp). He suggests that preference rule systems not only show how musical structures are inferred, but also shed light on other aspects of music. He substantiates this claim with discussions of musical ambiguity, retrospective revision, expectation, and music outside the Western canon (rock and traditional African music). He proposes a framework for the description of musical styles based on preference rule systems and explores the relevance of preference rule systems to higher-level aspects of music, such as musical schemata, narrative and drama, and musical tension.
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Book Title: Cognition Of Basic Musical Structures
Number of Pages: 422 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Cognition of Basic Musical Structures
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication Year: 2004
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Instruction & Study / Theory, Digital Media / Audio
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Music, Computers, Psychology
Item Length: 9 in
Author: David Temperley
Item Width: 7.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
