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The Psychology of Music

John Booth Davies

出版	Hutchinson, 1978
主題	Music / Instruction & Study / AppreciationMusic / Philosophy & Social Aspects
ISBN	00912950099780091295004
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=h4IMAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Drawing on current research in psychology and social psychology, the author explores the underlying processes of this need, in a fluent and lively style. Unlike many serious studies of music, the book is concerned not just with classical music but equally with pop, jazz, and folk. The author is principally concerned with the listener, and with the many theories of 'musicality.' The discussion ranges from the physics of sound through musical aesthetics--why people like the tunes they do; the testing of musical aptitude; the use of rhythm in western music, and concludes with some irreverent speculations about the personality of musicians and their instruments. While fully acknowledging the limitations of a pragmatic approach to such an emotive topic as music, the author aims to show that such things as 'good taste', 'sensitivity', and 'musical understanding' are not the magical properties of some kind of musical priesthood, but comprehensible entities, common in varying degrees to everyone.