# The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures

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- Authors: [David Temperley](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-temperley)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2004-08-20

## Description

In this book, David Temperley addresses a fundamental question about music cognition: how do we extract basic kinds of musical information, such as meter, phrase structure, counterpoint, pitch spelling,...

## Editions

### The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures

- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6270-105-1
- Pages: 422
- Published: 2004-08-20
- Language: en_US