Well, thank you Ross. I don't know how amazing they are, but anyone interested is welcome to look at the syllabus and someclass notes for Psychology of Music on my site pages.nyu.edu/~rr6 under "Courses". There's a somewhat dated reading list on there too.
best,
robert
On Dec 13, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Ross Alexander Hendler wrote: You should try making contact with Dr. Robert Rowe at NYU: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Robert_RoweHe has some amazing lectures doing just what you are looking for. Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew McCabe <mccabem@xxxxxxx> Date: Friday, December 11, 2009 10:22 pm Subject: Materials for psychology course for Music Majors To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx hi all --
i'm in the process of developing my first music psychology class here
at
CSU for this coming Spring semester, and i thought i would ask a
really
loaded question:
can anyone recommend introductory-level materials (journal articles
or online resources preferable) that i can use to bring undergraduate
music majors up to speed on general psychology and auditory perception
topics?
the reason i ask is this: the majority of them will have never seen
anything like this before since the course is for music majors. our
school is very performance-oriented, and it wouldn't surprise me if i
had
to explain things like the physics of a vibrating string and explain
what
an overtone is during the first week... time i don't want to squander.
i'm looking for easy-to-understand articles on the fundamentals --
auditory perception, cognitive psychology, the scientific method,
things
like that. we will be addressing a variety of topics, but i haven't
quite
nailed down specifically which yet. in all likelihood we will do
things
like emotion, memory, and musical meaning, but i need to see how much
time
i have once we get past the basics.
if you've taught a course like this before, please let me know what
you
have used. i've already chosen our textbook -- William Forde
Thompson's
"Music, Thought, and Feeling" -- which I like very much. i think the
students will enjoy it if i present it the right way! many of them
have
never approached music in this way before and i'm looking forward to
messing them up a bit :)
best,
m
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matthew mccabe <mccabem@xxxxxxx>
visiting assistant professor / music tech :: columbus state university
ph.d. candidate :: music composition :: uf college of fine arts
lab member :: reilly cognition and language lab :: uf phhp
Robert Rowe Vice-Chair Director, Music Composition NYU Steinhardt School Dept. of Music & Performing Arts Professions 35 W. Fourth St. Room 777D New York NY 10012 (212) 998 5435 ph (212) 995 4043 fx
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