Subject: Re: Psychoacoustics and music: Intro refs? From: Jont Allen <jba(at)RESEARCH.ATT.COM> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 20:36:22 -0500Athanassios Protopapas wrote: > > Dear list, > > A student of mine asked about the psychoacoustics of music, a topic on > which I know next to nothing. I saw a recent collection at the MIT Press > catalog edited by Perry Cook titled "Music, Cognition, and Computerized > Sound: An Introduction to Psychoacoustics". Is it as perfect a match as > it sounds? > > Are there any other recommendations? For a more general introduction I > was planning to lend her my copies of Handel and of Moore's edited volume. > Any other/better ideas? Is there something more like a textbook or gentle > introduction to the concepts of psychoacoustics and their application to > music that fares well with students from nontechnical backgrounds? > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > Thanassi Protopapas > > -- > Athanassios Protopapas, PhD Department of Educational Technology > Phone: +30 1 687 5409 Institute for Language and Speech Processing > Fax: +30 1 685 4270 Epidavrou & Artemidos 6, Marousi > e-mail: protopap(at)ilsp.gr GR-151 25 ATHENS, Greece I have not read Perry's book (I would like to), but I expect it is excellent. Perry is a solid guy. Get Bill Hartmann's book, from AIP press. (at)book{Hartmann97 ,author={Hartmann, William M.} ,title={Signals, Sound, and Sensation} ,year={1997} ,publisher={AIP Press} ,address={American Institute of Physics, Woodbury, NY} ,note_={} } He is into music, and a lot of other things as well. And he understands Psychophysics. Jont -- Jont B. Allen AT&T Labs-Research, Shannon Laboratory, E161 180 Park Ave., Florham Park NJ, 07932-0971 973/360-8545voice, x7111fax, http://www.research.att.com/~jba