PSY274H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Standard-Definition Television, Conflict Resolution, Railways Act 1921
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Features of music perception and cognition (viewed through the lens of musical development) Need to think about music in its unprofessionalized form. The division of individuals into experts (performers) and nonexperts (audience/consumers) is a recent development in human history and specific to certain societies. From everyday experience rather than professional instruction. In most cases of music, there is no feedback being given. Music is no always meant to be heard by others. In some ways this is a reasonable template, but not a complete match. Agent(s) and recipient(s) are same, transmission by different agents can be synchronous, rather than alternatiing. E. g. , some (non-western) cultures: music typically takes form of collective (group) engagement involving movement, rarely one-to-one communication. The message in music is often known in advance. E. g. , the song will be played; but some exceptions, such as improvisation in jazz music. Linguistic communication, in contrast is very often unscored , more unpredictable.
