Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Abstract
- Music Theory Accomplishments
- Why Worry About the State of Timbre Theory?
- Limitations of This Talk
- Defining Timbre
- Past Theoretical/Experimental Approaches
- "Dimensions" or "Features"
- Multi-Dimensional Scaling
- Footsteps & Sex Identification
- Footsteps (continued)
- An Evolutionary Approach to Perception
- Psychoacoustics versus Evolutionary Psychology
- Why Do We Hear Pitch?
- Why Do We Hear Loudness?
- What is Timbre For?
- The Big and The Bad
- Pitch Height, Aggressivity & Politeness
- Possible Psychoevolutionary Auditory Modules
- Timbre as Identity
- Conclusion (I)
- Conclusion (II)
- References
- Other Presentations