Psychology of music : from sound to significance / Siu-Lan Tan, Peter Pfordreshe and Rom Harré.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-325) and index.

The scope of the psychology of music -- Part I. Foundations. The acoustics of music -- Auditory reception and the neurophysiology of hearing -- Cognitive neuroscience and the music-language link -- Part II. The perception and cognition of music. Perception of musical pitch and melody -- Perception of musical time -- Analysis and cognition of musical structure -- Part III. Development, learning, and performance. Emergence of auditory and music perception -- Early musical development -- Practice and musical expertise -- The psychology of music performance -- Part IV. The meaning and significance of music. The social psychology of music -- The question of meaning in music -- The emotional power of music -- Culture and music -- Appendix: the chapters in action.