Music 839F is a graduate level 5-credit hour course pertaining to cognitive approaches to Western harmony and voice-leading.

• Course Description
  • Pre-requisites
  • Workload
  • Method of Evaluation
  • Instructor
• Course Curriculum
• Course Bibliography
  • General References
  • Cognitive Research
  • Modeling
• Schedule of Readings
• Course Presentation Notes:
  • Chord Spacing
  • Wright-Bregman Theory of Dissonance
  • van de Geer, Levelt & Plomp on Dissonance
  • Plomp & Levelt on Dissonance
  • Terhardt's Theory of Harmony
  • Terhardt-Parncutt Theory of Harmony
  • Temperley's Preference Rules
  • Bigand's Cognitive Experiments
  • Harmonic Tension
  • Comparing Psychoacoustic, Preference-rule, and Connectionist Approaches
  • Krumhansl's Structural Tonality
  • Daniel Werts' Analysis
• Quiz #3
• Glossary of Terms
• Research Resources

• OSU School of Music Home Page
• OSU Music Cognition Home Page