The Neural Code of Pitch and Harmony
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- Author: Gerald D. Langner, Technische Universität, Darmstadt, Germany
- Date Published: August 2015
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- isbn: 9780521697019
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Harmony is an integral part of our auditory environment. Resonances characterised by harmonic frequency relationships are found throughout the natural world and harmonic sounds are essential elements of speech, communication and, of course, music. Providing neurophysiological data and theories that are suitable to explain the neural code of pitch and harmony, the author demonstrates that musical pitch is a temporal phenomenon and musical harmony is a mathematical necessity based on neuronal mechanisms. Moreover, he offers new evidence for the role of an auditory time constant for speech and music perception as well as for similar neuronal processing mechanisms of auditory and brain waves. Successfully relating current neurophysiological results to the ancient ideas of Pythagoras, this unique title will appeal to specialists in the fields of neurophysiology, neuroacoustics, linguistics, behavioural biology and musicology as well as to a broader audience interested in the neural basis of music perception.
Read more- Offers an introduction to the neuronal mechanisms underlying our perceptions of musical pitch and harmony
- Brings together the latest research results about temporal processing and representation of sound in our brain, shedding new light on our everyday experience in speech and music
- Explains how the neural mechanisms of sound processing are compared with the processing mechanisms in the brain, offering an insight into our mental health and malfunction
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- Date Published: August 2015
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521697019
- length: 241 pages
- dimensions: 247 x 174 x 11 mm
- weight: 0.49kg
- contains: 132 b/w illus.
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Historical aspects of harmony
2. Sound and periodicity
3. The discovery of the missing fundamental
4. The pitch puzzle
5. The auditory time constant
6. Pathways of hearing
7. Periodicity coding in the brainstem
8. Periodicity coding in the midbrain
9. Theories of periodicity coding
10. Periodotopy
11. The neural basis of harmony
12. The oscillating brain
References
Subject index.-
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