Description
The Neuroscience of Bach's Music: Perception, Action, and Cognition Effects on the Brain is a comprehensive study of Johann Sebastian Bach's music through the lens of neuroscience and examining neuroscience using Bach's music as a tool. This book synthesizes cognitive neuroscience, music theory, and musicology to provide insights into human cognition and perception. It also explores how a neuroscience perspective can improve listening and performing experiences for Bach's music.Written by a physician-neuroscientist recognized for scholarly articles on Bach's music, this book uses specific examples to explore neuroscience across Bach's compositions. The book is structured to discuss the brain's action, perception, and cognition as connected to specific Bach concertos, tones, notes, and performances. Two guest contributors provide insight into exact mathematical, or topologic, and music theoretic aspects of Bach's music with implications for cognitive neuroscience.The Neuroscience of Bach's Music: Perception, Action, and Cognition Effects on the Brain is a vital source for neuroscientists, especially those studying the cognitive effects of music, as well as musicians and students alike.- Links specific features and unique characteristics of Bach's music to perceptual and cognitive neuroscience processes- Requires only an interest in music or basic music training- Accompanied by a companion website with music examples mentioned in the book
Table of Contents
Section 1: Prelude1. Introduction2. Background and Overview of Johann Sebastian Bach3. Basics of the Brain and PerceptionSection 2: Playing Bach and the Brain – Action4. Playing Bach's Suites for Solo Cello and Experiencing One's Actions without Perception and Clocking Libet's "Mind Time5. Neural Performance, Action Requirements, and Challenges of Playing Bach's Concerto for Two Violins – A Study of Synchronization and Perceptual Experience6. Adding a Third Violin to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 – Challenges in Synchronization and Listener Experience7. More than Three – Perceptual, Action, and Cognitive Challenges for Performers and Listeners8. Virtuoso of Bach's Composing and Performance ExpectationsSection 3: Listening to Bach – Perception of Musical Space and Landscape9. The Neuroscience of "Affekt – Music, Emotions, and the Brain's Limbic System10. "Affekt Related to Tempos and Effects – Bach's Composition and Emotional Playing11. The Algebra of Bach's Transcriptions for Various Instruments and Cognitive EffectsSection 4: Bach and the Exploration of the Tonal System and Beyond – Cognition 12. Parallel Fifths and the Cognitive-Perceptual System13. Enharmonic Notes Across Instruments in Bach's Compositions14. Modal Traces and the Cognitive-Perceptual System15. Bach's 12-Tone Row, Cognition, and Musical Perception16. Present and Future Neuroimaging Studies of BachSection 5: Mathematical Bach 17. Topology in Bach I – The Brain's Analysis of Bach's Match to a "Möbius Strip Structure18. Topology in Bach II – The Brain's Ability to Hear Topologic Structures19. Unbroken and Broken Symmetry in Bach's Compositions20. The Perceptual Effect of Escher's "Tiling TimeSection 7: Conclusion 21. Bach and the Brain's Action, Perception, and Cognition – Summary and Future Applications and Implications Appendix Using Perceptual and Cognitive Approaches to Finding and Using Bach's Tempos
