Subject: Re: Materials for psychology course for Music Majors From: Ross Alexander Hendler <rah232@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:59:11 -0800 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>You should try making contact with Dr. Robert Rowe at NYU: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Robert_Rowe He has some amazing lectures doing just what you are looking for. Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew McCabe <mccabem@xxxxxxxx> Date: Friday, December 11, 2009 10:22 pm Subject: Materials for psychology course for Music Majors To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx > 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