| Description |
xix, 408 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. The Musical Mind 1 -- Chapter 2. The Musical Medium 13 -- Chapter 3. The Science of Music 23 -- Chapter 4. A Musical Ornament, the Vibrato 33 -- Chapter 5. Pitch: Frequency 53 -- Chapter 6. Loudness: Intensity 76 -- Chapter 7. Duration: Time 90 -- Chapter 8. Timbre: Wave Form 95 -- Chapter 9. Tone Quality: Sonance 103 -- Chapter 10. Consonance 125 -- Chapter 11. Volume 134 -- Chapter 12. Rhythm 138 -- Chapter 13. Learning in Music 149 -- Chapter 14. Imagining in Music 161 -- Chapter 15. Thinking in Music 173 -- Chapter 16. Nature of Musical Feeling 178 -- Chapter 17. Timbre of Band and Orchestral Instruments 182 -- Chapter 18. Violin 199 -- Chapter 19. Piano 225 -- Chapter 20. Voice 254 -- Chapter 21. Principles of Guidance in Music 286 -- Chapter 22. Measures of Musical Talent 302 -- Chapter 23. Analysis of Talent in a Music School 312 -- Chapter 24. Analysis of Talent in the Public School 321 -- Chapter 25. The Inheritance of Musical Talent 330 -- Chapter 26. Primitive Music 346 -- Chapter 27. The Development of Musical Skills 360 -- Chapter 28. Musical Esthetics 373 |
| Summary |
Standard study by founder of Seashore test. Relationship between physical phenomena of sounds and our perception of them. Music as a medium, physical acoustics, auditory apparatus, sound perception, host of other topics. Includes 88 figures. "The thinking is rigorous and objective." - Music Teacher (London) |
| Notes |
"This Dover edition is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the work originally published in 1938." |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 387-397 |
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Includes indexes to authors, musicians, compositions, and subject |
| Subject |
Music -- Psychological aspects.
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| LC no. |
67027877 |
| ISBN |
0486218511 |
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