The music effect music physiology and clinical applications /

Main Author: Schneck, Daniel J.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Berger, Dorita S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006.
Edition:1st American paperback ed.
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10141161
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • What is this thing called "music"?
  • Principles of physics and the elements of music
  • Principles of physiology and the elements of sensory information-processing
  • Fear and the instinct for survival : what happens when the set-points go awry?
  • Physiologic entrainment
  • Rhythm in music and physiology
  • Melody : the pitch of human emotion
  • Timbre, harmony and dynamics : adding richness and depth to rhythm and melody
  • Form : creating aesthetic wholeness
  • Nature expressed through nurture
  • Coda : where are they now?