Links

For those who would like to do some reading, here are four books you may want to explore:

• Music, Cognition, and Computerized Sound: An Introduction to Psychoacoustics -- Perry R. Cook
      good basic intro into psychacousticswork, plus a nice section on timbre.
  
• The Psychology of Music, Second Edition -- Diana Deutsch
      a bit dated but still good psychoacoustics research. Deutsch is a pioneer in the field. Not so much about timbre; more focused on pitch/rhythm.
  
• This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession -- Daniel J. Levitin
      read this for fun. Dan's an elegant writer, this even made the top 10 NYTimes bestseller nonfiction list. My mom liked this one!
  
• Auditory Scene Analysis: The Perceptual Organization of Sound -- Albert S. Bregman
      we'll be discussing this later in the term.
  
  

Assignments

+ bring in your answers (and any supporting resources) to the question what is timbre?