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In order to elucidate the ways in which meaning in music can be, and has been, explored in ways that are relevant to music (and to the psychology of music), it is necessary to consider what are the kinds of things that can be the objects of meaning.
This chapter explores relationships between music and meaning, and between music and ideas of meaning. It reviews conceptualizations of meaning in general before surveying the ways in which meaning has been attributed to music in the course of Western intellectual history, providing a framework within which the privileging of the notion of the ...
Feb 2, 2024 · Musical intelligence, also called musical-rhythmic intelligence, is the capacity to discern pitch, rhythm, timbre, and tone. It involves sensitivity to sounds and vibrations. People with high musical intelligence understand and express themselves through music.
This review summarizes psychological research on music performance, starting with studies of different levels of expertise (including the question of musical “talent” and deficits), the process and effects of music learning and the role of memory, the interplay between perception and action in performance, the use of expression in music ...
Aug 13, 2013 · Principal component analysis suggested three distinct underlying dimensions: People listen to music to regulate arousal and mood, to achieve self-awareness, and as an expression of social relatedness.
Jul 24, 2013 · The psychology of music seeks to interpret musical phenomena in terms of mental function; that is, it seeks to characterize the ways in which people perceive, remember, perform, create, and respond to music.
May 11, 2022 · Bruscia (1991) defined music therapy as ‘ an interpersonal process in which the therapist uses music and all of its facets to help patients to improve, restore or maintain health ’ (Maratos, Gold, Wang & Crawford, 2008).
