Subject: Re: AUDITORY Digest - 11 Dec 2009 to 12 Dec 2009 (#2009-282) From: Hollis Taylor <hollist@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:41:11 +1100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail-24-1058913847 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Matthew, please note that Thompson's statement that birdsong is hard-wired and has limited variability (p. 38) is a century out of date, if not more. Regards, hollis taylor Dr. Hollis Taylor Sydney, Australia On 13/12/2009, at 4:02 PM, AUDITORY automatic digest system wrote: > There is 1 message totalling 54 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Materials for psychology course for Music Majors > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:20:55 -0500 > From: Matthew McCabe <mccabem@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Materials for psychology course for Music Majors > > 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 > > > > > > > --- > matthew mccabe <mccabem@xxxxxxxx> > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > End of AUDITORY Digest - 11 Dec 2009 to 12 Dec 2009 (#2009-282) > *************************************************************** --Apple-Mail-24-1058913847 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -web= kit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Matthew,<div><br></div><div>plea= se note that Thompson's statement that birdsong is hard-wired and has limi= ted variability (p. 38) is a century out of date, if not more.</div><!--St= artFragment--><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"'Bell MT'" siz= e=3D"4"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 16px;"><br></= span></font></div><div>Regards, hollis taylor</div><div><div><br></div><di= v>Dr. Hollis Taylor</div><div>Sydney, Australia</div><div><br><div><div>On= 13/12/2009, at 4:02 PM, AUDITORY automatic digest system wrote:</div><br= class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>There= is 1 message totalling 54 lines in this issue.<br><br>Topics of the day:<= br><br> 1. Materials for psychology course for Music Majors<br><br>-= ---------------------------------------------------------------------<br><= br>Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:20:55 -0500<br>From: = Matthew McCabe <<a href=3D"mailto:mccabem@xxxxxxxx">mccabem@xxxxxxxx= UFL.EDU</a>><br>Subject: Materials for psychology course for Music Majo= rs<br><br>hi all --<br><br>i'm in the process of developing my first music= psychology class here at <br>CSU for this coming Spring semester, and i= thought i would ask a really <br>loaded question:<br><br>can anyone recom= mend introductory-level materials (journal articles <br>or online resource= s preferable) that i can use to bring undergraduate <br>music majors up to= speed on general psychology and auditory perception <br>topics?<br><br>th= e reason i ask is this: the majority of them will have never seen <b= r>anything like this before since the course is for music majors. ou= r <br>school is very performance-oriented, and it wouldn't surprise me if= i had <br>to explain things like the physics of a vibrating string and ex= plain what <br>an overtone is during the first week... time i don't= want to squander.<br><br>i'm looking for easy-to-understand articles on= the fundamentals -- <br>auditory perception, cognitive psychology, the sc= ientific method, things <br>like that. we will be addressing a varie= ty of topics, but i haven't quite <br>nailed down specifically which yet.= in all likelihood we will do things <br>like emotion, memory, and= musical meaning, but i need to see how much time <br>i have once we get= past the basics.<br><br>if you've taught a course like this before, pleas= e let me know what you <br>have used. i've already chosen our textbo= ok -- William Forde Thompson's <br>"Music, Thought, and Feeling" -- which= I like very much. i think the <br>students will enjoy it if i prese= nt it the right way! many of them have <br>never approached music in= this way before and i'm looking forward to <br>messing them up a bit :)<b= r><br>best,<br><br>m<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>---<br>matthew mccabe <= <a href=3D"mailto:mccabem@xxxxxxxx">mccabem@xxxxxxxx</a>><br>visiting ass= istant professor / music tech :: columbus state university<br>ph.d. candid= ate :: music composition :: uf college of fine arts<br>lab member :: reill= y cognition and language lab :: uf phhp<br><br>---------------------------= ---<br><br>End of AUDITORY Digest - 11 Dec 2009 to 12 Dec 2009 (#2009-282)= <br>***************************************************************<br></d= iv></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>=3D --Apple-Mail-24-1058913847--