PSYCH 2MP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Gestalt Psychology, Program Music
9 Mar 2020
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Interested in how statistical learning happens over time. Respects that since our predictions of what to happen are not just given through theories, but are the result of hearing relationships as we listen to pieces over and over again. Meaning and metrical structure emerges from the way in which we are getting the tempo and tonal structure. We are primed to make a bunch of associations: ex: weeping willow because it looks sad. The song: 8 mins and 37s (8" 37 ) Composer wanted to explore the sound that orchestras could make (non traditional sound) Renamed piece: threnody to the victims of hiroshima": introduced under this different title, it takes on a different meaning to many people. Composer changing the meaning of the piece conveyed by simply changing the title. Wrote a bunch of different themes that were supposed to depict different paintings. A 4 (sounds like a country anthem, cultural)
