A review of the sensory, perceptual, and cognitive foundations of listening, composing, and performing. Topics include relations among various acoustical and perceptual characterizations of sound; perception of pitch, temporal relations, timbre, stability conditions, and auditory space; auditory scene analysis and perceptual grouping mechanisms; perceptual principles for melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic organization; orchestration as spectral composition. A graduate-level course research project is required.
Course Title
Advanced Music Perception and Cognition
Format
Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Lecture is concurrent with Music 108
