Music and Memory: An Introduction

by Bob Snyder (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0262692373

ISBN-10: 0262692376

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This far-ranging book shows how human memory influences the organization of music. The book is divided into two parts. The first part presents basic ideas about memory and perception from cognitive psychology and, to some extent, cognitive linguistics. Topics include auditory processing, perception, and recognition. The second part describes in detail how the concepts from the first part are exemplified in music. The presentation is based on three levels of musical experience: event fusion (the formation of single musical events from acoustical vibrations in the air, on a time scale too small to exhibit rhythm), melody and rhythm, and form. The focus in the latter is on the psychological conditions necessary for making large-scale―that is, formal―boundaries clear in music rather than on traditional musical forms. The book also discusses the idea that much of the language used to describe musical structures and processes is metaphorical. It encourages readers to consider the possibility that the process of musical composition can be "a metaphorical transformation of their own experience into sound."

The book also touches on unresolved debates about psychological musical universals, information theory, and the operation of neurons. It requires no formal musical training and contains a glossary and an appendix of listening examples.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2015

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Rachel

student view

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2014

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Read this book for school, and had Bob as my teacher. Was laid out nicely for an introductory student to the music world. Really teaches a lot about the memory system in the human mind.

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J. Brandeis

Too much scientific jargon for the average person

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2007

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This book explores hearing and memory from a highly technological view point. It is difficult for the average person even with a college degree to follow and renders one bored after only a few pages of trying to follow the tiny details in the book.

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Steve Golden

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2009

This book is for anyone interested in the construction of music, or any of the arts. It clarifies how we more easily understand things we are familiar with and how our memory works with repetition and the unusual. Outside of the arts we all know that our memories are not reliable this helps explain why.

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Lars Petter Sauge

Not very satisfied

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2015

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Waited a long time before arrival. When it got here I noticed that the stam of the book had poor quality binding.

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Sara Livingston

Not Just for Musicians

Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2009

This book gives the reader an accessible "glimpse behind the curtain" of the mechanisms involved in processing, perceiving, and recognizing music. Although the book is strictly about music, I felt that I was reading a users manual for the brain and that I would be able to apply the author's insights about music and psychology to other art forms and activities in my life.

This book will be helpful to me as a media artist, and I would guess that artists, performers, dancers and filmmakers---actually anybody who has to make decisions about timing, pacing and rhythm---would find this book helpful. As a teacher, I plan to change the amount of information and the order in which I present my materials to the students so that I don't overwhelm (or underwhelm!) their attention and ability.

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A. Markham

impressive

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2006

not much to add to Sean Bennett's review, which is very cogent, but just wanted to second the high ranking--this is a book that deserves to be acknowledged and read.

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Sinus

Highly recommended

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2009

This is a very good introduction to the field of music cognition and memory. It provides interesting ideas about how cognitive psychology and perception determine the organization of music.

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Louise Rossiter

Music and Memory: An Introduction- Nice, easy, informative read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2014

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I have been this text extensively for the past 2 years of my PhD in music. It is a superb book which explains the psychology of music and memory in reasonably simple terms. Whilst it is easy to read and understand, it still covers a great deal of material in great dept, making it a fantastic introduction to this area, or complimentary book to others in the field. Highly recommended both for academics, and those interested in psychology of music alike.

Miss J

boring as hell

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2016

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boring as hell, impossible to understand, if you have a few degrees and a lot of time go get it

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An excellent introduction to the topic of "Music and Memory" - ...

Reviewed in Canada on March 14, 2016

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Very interesting, very clearly written. An excellent introduction to the topic of "Music and Memory" - as advertised! It is somewhat technical, but not overly fraught with unnecessarily obscure terminology. I'm a musician, not a scientist or psychologist, and I found it very well presented.

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