Introduction to Music Perception and Cognition

Catalog description

Provides an introduction to the basic concepts and theories of music perception and cognition. Examines the sensory, perceptual, and cognitive foundations of listening, performing, and composing. Explores the relationship between acoustic phenomena and perceptual understanding through the lens of pitch, timbre, acoustic space, temporal cycles and proportions, harmony, melody, rhythm, etc. Prerequisites: ( WR 115 and RD 115 ) or IRW 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement. Audit available.