In Psychology of Music: From Sound to Significance (2nd edition), the authors consider
music on a broad scale, from its beginning as an acoustical signal to its different …

From its dynamic start at dance parties in the South Bronx in the late 1970s, hip hop and rap
music have exploded into a dominant style of popular music in the United States and a force …

The tendency for groove-based music to induce body movements has been linked to
multiple acoustical factors. However, it is unclear how or whether tempo affects groove …

This phenomenological study investigates what it means for listeners to experience groove.
A purposeful sample of 14 participants listened to stimuli featuring manipulations that have …

Although there is a considerable body of research on factors influencing musical emotion
induction, relatively little is known about how the quality of performances may affect listeners' …

Certain recorded drum breaks, ie, drum patterns played without other instrumentation, have
achieved iconic status, largely as a result of being frequently “sampled” in other recordings …

Miles Davis's Bitches Brew is one of the most iconic albums in American music, the
preeminent landmark and fertile seedbed of jazz-fusion. Fans have been fortunate in the …

This dissertation proposes a theory that views beats as probabilistic domains that I term
“pockets,” taking a vernacular term commonly used by jazz, funk, and popular music …

The advent of digital technologies has led to a major change in the process of film music
composition; consequent developments in music technology have forced film composers to …

This chapter addresses the cognitive processes that are understood to underlie musical
performance in oral and improvising traditions. It considers variations in music's roles and …