Music and Schema Theory Cognitive Foundations of Systematic Musicology [Paperback]

Music is an important domain of application for schema theory. The perceptual structures for pitch and timbre have been mapped via schemata, with results that have contributed to a better understanding of music perception. Yet we still need to know how a schema comes into existence, or how it functions in a particular perception task. This book provides a foundation for the understanding of the emergence and functionality of schemata by means of computer-based simulations of tone center perception. It is about how memory structures self-organize and how they use contextual information to guide perception.Music is an important domain of application for schema theory. The perceptual structures for pitch and timbre have been mapped via schemata, with results that have contributed to a better understanding of music perception. Yet we still need to know how a schema comes into existence, or how it functions in a particular perception task. This book provides a foundation for the understanding of the emergence and functionality of schemata by means of computer-based simulations of tone center perception. It is about how memory structures self-organize and how they use contextual information to guide perception.1. Introduction.- 2. Tone Semantics.- 2.1 The Problem of Tone Semantics.- 2.2 Historical Background.- 2.3 Consonance Theory.- 2.4 Cognitive Structuralism.- 2.5 The Static vs. Dynamic Approach.- 2.6 Conclusion.- 3. Pitch as an Emerging Percept.- 3.1 The Two-Component Theory of R?v?sz.- 3.2 Attribute Theory Reconsidered.- 3.3 The Shepard-Tone.- 3.4 Paradoxes of Pitch Perception.- 3.5 The Shepard-Illusion.- 3.6 Ambiguous Stimuli.- 3.7 Conclusion.- 4. Defining the Framework.- 4.1 The Computer Model.- 4.2 Representational Categories.- 4.2.1 Signals.- 4.2.2 Images.- 4.2.3 Schemata.- 4.2.4 Mental Representations.- 4.3 Conclusion.- 5. Auditory Models of Pitch Perception.- 5.1 The Missing Fundamental.- 5.2 Auditory Models.- 5.3 SAM: A Simple Model.- 5.3.1 SAM  The AcousticalӋ