Experimental Research in Music

by Madsen, Clifford K

• ISBN13: 9780898921526
• ISBN10: 089892152X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-11-22
• Publisher: Contemporary Publishing Company

Table of Contents

PART ONE
music as an art and a science	3	(8)
The Art of Music	4	(1)
The Scientific Attitide	4	(1)
Questioning Tradition	5	(3)
Scientific Application	8	(1)
Conclusion	9	(2)
methods of research in music	11	(11)
The Philosophical Method	13	(1)
The Historical Mthod	14	(1)
The Descriptive Method	15	(1)
Applied Behavior Analysis	16	(2)
The Experimental Method	18	(1)
Methods of Research	19	(1)
Limitations	19	(1)
Conclusion	20	(2)
physical and perceptual bases for music experimentation	22	(10)
Taxonomic Structures and Reality	22	(2)
Pitch	24	(1)
Quality	25	(1)
The Fundamental and Partials	25	(1)
Loudness	26	(1)
Envelope	26	(1)
Duration	27	(1)
Perception	28	(1)
Physiological Effects	29	(1)
Conclusion	30	(2)
phychological basis for music experimentation	32	(9)
Language Aspects of Music	32	(1)
Affects of Music	33	(1)
Musical Taste	34	(1)
Musical Abilities	35	(2)
Music Therapy	37	(1)
Music in Industry	38	(1)
Conclusion	39	(2)
pedagogical bases for music experimentation	41	(12)
Attributes of Music	42	(1)
Composition	42	(1)
Performance	43	(1)
Listening	44	(1)
Verbalization	45	(1)
Conceptualizing	46	(1)
Extra-Musical Aspects of Music	47	(1)
Conclusion	48	(5)
PART TWO
quantification in research	53	(7)
Closed Systems	53	(1)
Science as a Deductive Method	54	(1)
Methods for Experimental Research	55	(1)
Descriptions in Music Quantification	56	(2)
Limitations of Quantification	58	(1)
Conclusion	59	(1)
the experimental process	60	(11)
Statement of the Problem	60	(1)
The Hypothesis	61	(2)
Review of Literature	63	(1)
The Element of Control	64	(1)
Getting Started	65	(1)
A First Experiment	65	(3)
Conclusion	68	(3)
statistical theory and musicians	71	(13)
Uses of Statistics	71	(2)
Theory of Probability	73	(2)
Requirements for Statistical Descriptions	75	(2)
Central Tendency	77	(2)
Sampling and Randomness	79	(1)
Sampling and Taking Tests	80	(1)
Sample Size	81	(1)
Conclusion	82	(2)
elementary statistical tests	84	(10)
Parametric and Nonparametric Statistics	84	(2)
Correlations	86	(1)
One-Sample Method	87	(1)
Two-Sample Method	87	(1)
Multiple Sample Method	88	(4)
Conclusion	92	(2)
completion of an experiment	94	(8)
Instrumentation	94	(1)
Structuring the Design	95	(1)
The Prospectus	96	(1)
Scholarly Style	97	(1)
The Formal Report	98	(2)
Conclusion	100	(2)
Appendix glossary of statistical terms and tests	102	(7)
Chapter Notes	109	(2)
Index	111