Music and hearing / K. Rajalakshmi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rajalakshmi, K., author.

Contributor:

Rajalakshmi, K., 1961-

Series:

Fine arts, music and literature.

Fine Arts, Music and Literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musical perception.

Hearing.

Music--Acoustics and physics.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

India is a country with a huge diversity in culture and language. Indian music is one of the oldest types of music and is rich in its content and variation. Researching any one variety of music or mastering it is a lifetime task. It is very interesting to study and understand how music learning facilitate the enhanced auditory processing in musicians. A more interesting field of study would be how long term exposure to loud music could lead to deterioration in hearing. The topics covered will include how musical sounds are coded by the ear. Hearing is one of the important senses which builds b

Contents:

""MUSIC AND HEARING""; ""MUSIC AND HEARING""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction to Music""; ""1.1. Western Music""; ""1.2. Indian Classical Music""; ""Origins of Indian Music""; ""Tyagaraja (1767-1847)""; ""Muthuswamy Dikshitar (1776-1827)""; ""Syama Sastri (1762-1827)""; ""Carnatic Music""; ""Musical Forms""; ""Gita or Gitam""; ""Swarajati""; ""Jatiswaram""; ""Varnas or Varnams""; ""Kriti""; ""Ragam, Tanam, Pallavi""; ""Ragam""; ""Tanam""; ""Pallavi""; ""Hindustani Music""; ""Hindustani Gharanas""

""1.3. Instrumental Music""""Mridangam""; ""Flute""; ""Pakhavaj""; ""Rabab""; ""Sahnai (Shenai)""; ""Sarangi""; ""Sarod""; ""Sitar""; ""Tabla""; ""Tambura""; ""Veena""; ""Kanjira (Khanjari)""; ""Kemancheh""; ""References""; ""Parameters of Voice Production""; ""The Human Voice""; ""Voice Mechanisms""; ""Vocal Techniques""; ""Developing the Singing Voice""; ""Extending Vocal Range""; ""Posture""; ""Breathing and Breath Support""; ""Vibrato""; ""Voice Culture""; ""DO�s and DON�Ts""; ""References""; ""The Human Ear""; ""Anatomy and Physiology""; ""Peripheral Auditory System""; ""Outer Ear""

"" Pinna"""" Ear Canal""; ""Middle Ear""; ""Tympanic Membrane""; "" Ossicles""; "" Eustachian Tube""; ""Inner Ear""; ""Auditory Nervous System""; ""Basic Psychoacoustical Aspects and Auditory Processing""; ""The Range of Hearing""; ""Differential sensitivity""; ""Loudness and Pitch""; ""Localization""; ""Masking""; ""Auditory Processing""; ""Frequency Selectivity""; ""The Concept of the Auditory Filter""; ""Masking Patterns and Excitation Patterns""; ""Excitation Pattern of a Vowel Sound""; ""Frequency Selectivity in Cases of Impaired Hearing""; ""Across-Channel Processes in Masking""

""Co Modulation Masking Release""""Profile Analysis""; ""Timbre Perception""; ""The Perception of Pitch""; ""The Phenomenon of the Missing Fundamental""; ""The Principle of Dominance""; ""Discrimination of the Pitch of Complex Tones""; ""Perception of Pitch in Speech""; ""Temporal Analysis""; ""Within-Channel Temporal Analysis Using Broadband Sounds""; ""Within-Channel Temporal Analysis Using Narrowband Sounds""; ""References""; ""Influence of Music on Other Domains""; ""Music and Structural Changes in the Brain""; ""Music and Functional Changes in the Brain""; ""Music and Language""

""Music and Academics""""Music and Emotion""; ""Music and Cognition""; ""Music and Health""; ""Music and Dance""; ""References""; ""Benefits of Music on Auditory Processing""; ""Behavioural Studies As Evidence for Enhancement in Auditory Perception""; ""Speech in Noise perception and Temporal Processing Abilities""; ""Frequency Discrimination""; ""Categorical Perception""; ""Electrophysiological Studies As Evidence for Enhancement in Auditory Perception""; ""References""; ""Music Induced Hearing Loss""; ""Negative Influence of Music Exposure/Training on the Auditory System""

""Studies which Report Unaffected Hearing with High Levels of Musical Exposure""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63463-667-8

OCLC:

903489216