Universals in the world's musics

Psychology of Music

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 229-248

  Brown, Steven ^a   Jordania, Joseph ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

classification; comparative; cross cultural; music; universals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876546718     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735611425896     Document Type: Article

References (101)

1. Arom S. African polyphony and polyrhythm: Musical structure and methodology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press ; 1991 :
2. Balkwill L. L., Thompson W. F.. A cross-cultural investigation of the perception of emotion in music: Psychophysical and cultural cues. Music Perception. 1999 ; 17: 43-64
3. Blacking J.. Can musical universals be heard?. The World of Music. 1977 ; 19: 14-22
4. Brown D. Human universals. New York: McGraw-Hill ; 1991 :
5. Brown S. The origins of music. Wallin N. L. Merker B. Brown S., ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press ; 2000: 271-300.
6. Brown S.. Contagious heterophony: A new theory about the origins of music. Musicae Scientiae. 2007 ; 11: 3-26
7. Burnett J. Of the origin and progress of language. 1774 ). Of the origin and progress of language (Vol. 1, 2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Balfour. Edinburgh: Balfour ; 1774 :
8. Burns E. M. The psychology of music. 1999 ). Intervals, scales, and tuning. In DeutschD. (Ed.), The psychology of music (2nd ed., pp. 215-264). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. Deutsch D., ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press ; 1999: 215-264.
9. Carterette E. C., Kendall R. A. The psychology of music. 1999 ). Comparative music perception and cognition. In DeutschD. (Ed.), The psychology of music (2nd ed., pp. 725-791). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. Deutsch D., ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press ; 1999: 725-791.
10. Cavalli-Sforza L. L., Menozzi P., Piazza A. The history and geography of human genes. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press ; 1994 :
11. Condillac E. An essay on the origin of human knowledge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press ; 1746 2001 :
12. Croft W. Typology and universals. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press ; 1990 :
13. Cross I., Morley I. Communicative musicality. Malloch S. Trevarthen C., ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press ; 2008: 61-82.
14. Cruttenden A. Intonation. 1997 ). Intonation (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press ; 1997 :
15. Darwin C. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: J. Murray ; 1871 :
16. Darwin C. The expression of the emotions in man and animals. London: J. Murray ; 1872 :
17. Demorest S. M., Morrison S. J., Stambaugh L. A., Beken M., Richards T. L., Johnson C.. An fMRI investiation of the cultural specificity of music memory. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 2010 ; 5: 282-291
18. Dowling W. J. Cross-cultural perspectives on music. Falck R. Rice T., ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press ; 1982: 20-28.
19. Eerola T., Himberg T., Toiviainen P., Louhivuouri J.. Perceived complexity of western and African folk melodies by western and African listeners. Psychology of Music. 2006 ; 34: 337-371
20. Eerola T., Louhivuori J., Lebaka E.. Expectancy in Sami Yoiks revisited: The role of data-driven and schema-driven knowledge in the formation of melodic expectations. Musicae Scientiae. 2009 ; 13: 231-272
21. Feld A. A., Fox S.. Music and language. Annual Review of Anthropology. 1994 ; 23: 25-53
22. Fernando N.. New perspectives for interactive field experiments. Yearbook for Traditional Music. 2002 ; 34: 163-186
23. Fernando N. Musiques: Une encyclopédie pour le XXIe siécle. Nattiez J. J., ed. Paris: Actes Sud/Cité de la Musique ; 2005: 945-979.
24. Fitch W. T.. The biology and evolution of music: A comparative perspective. Cognition. 2006 ; 100: 173-215
25. Friberg A., Bresin R., Sundberg J.. Overview of the KTH rule system for musical performance. Advances in Cognitive Psychology. 2006 ; 2-3: 145-161
26. Linguistic universals and language change. Good J., ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press ; 2008 :
27. Grauer V. A.. Echoes of our forgotten ancestors. World of Music. 2006 ; 48: 5-59
28. Grauer V. A.. New perspectives on the Kalahari debate: A tale of two 'genomes'. Before Farming. 2007 ; 2: 1-14
29. Gregory A. H., Varney N.. Cross-cultural comparisons in the affective response to music. Psychology of Music. 1996 ; 24: 47-52
30. Hannon E. E., Trehub S. E.. Metrical categories in infancy and adulthood. Psychological Science. 2005 ; 16: 48-55
31. Harrison F.. Universals in music: Towards a methodology of comparative research. The World of Music. 1977 ; 19: 30-36
32. Harwood D. L.. Universals in music: A perspective from cognitive psychology. Ethnomusicology. 1976 ; 20: 521-533
33. Haspelmath M., Dryer M. S., Gil D., Comrie B. The world atlas of language structures. Oxford: Oxford University Press ; 2005 :
34. Hauser M. D., McDermott J.. The evolution of the music faculty: A comparative perspective. Nature Neuroscience. 2003 ; 6: 663-668
35. Hood M.. Universal attributes in music. The World of Music. 1977 ; 19: 63-69
36. Huron D. Sweet anticipation: Music and the psychology of expectation. Cambridge: MIT Press ; 2006 :
37. Jordania J. Who asked the first question? The origins of human choral singing, intelligence, language and speech. Tbilisi: Logos ; 2006 :
38. Juslin P. N., Laukka P.. Communication of emotions in vocal expression and music erformance: Different channels, same code?. Psychological Bulletin. 2003 ; 129: 770-814
39. Juslin P. N., Västfjäll D.. Emotional responses to music: The need to consider underlying mechanisms. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 2008 ; 31: 559-621
40. Justus T., Hutsler J. J.. Fundamental issues in the evolutionary psychology of music: Assessing innateness and domain specificity. Music Perception. 2005 ; 23: 1-27
41. Krumhansl C. L., Toivanen P., Eerola T., Toiviainen P., Järvinen T., Louhivuouri J.. Cross-cultural music cognition: Cognitive methodology applied to North Sami yoiks. Cognition. 2000 ; 76: 13-58
42. Ladd D. R. Intonational phonology. 2008 ). Intonational phonology (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press ; 2008 :
43. Ladefoged P., Maddieson I. The sounds of the world's languages. Oxford: Blackwell ; 1996 :
44. Lerdahl F.. Atonal prolongational structure. Contemporary Music Review. 1989 ; 4: 65-88
45. Lerdahl F.. Cognitive constraints on compositional systems. Contemporary Music Review. 1992 ; 6: 97-121
46. Lerdahl F.. Spatial and psychoacoustic factors in atonal prolongation. Current Musicology. 1999 ; 63: 7-26
47. Lerdahl F., Jackendoff R. A generative theory of tonal music. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press ; 1983 :
48. Levinson S. C. Roots of human sociality: Culture, cognition and interaction. Enfield N. J. Levinson S. C., ed. Oxford: Berg ; 2006: 39-69.
49. List G.. The boundaries of speech and song. Ethnomusicology. 1963 ; 7: 1-16
50. List G.. On the non-universality of musical perspectives. Ethnomusicology. 1971 ; 15: 399-400
51. Lockwood C. A., Fleagle J. G.. The recognition and evaluation of homoplasy in primate and human evolution. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. 1999 ; 42: 189-232
52. Lomax A. Folk song style and culture. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science ; 1968 :
53. Lomax A.. Appeal for cultural equity. The World of Music. 1972 ; 14: 3-17
54. Lomax A.. Universals in song. The World of Music. 1977 ; 19: 117-129
55. Lynch M. P., Eiders R. E., Holler K. D., Urbano R. C., Wilson P.. Influences of acculturation and musical sophistication on perception of musical interval patterns. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 1991 ; 17: 967-975
56. Mâche F. -B. The origins of music. Wallin N. L. Merker B. Brown S., ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press ; 2000: 473-479.
57. Mâche F. -B. Musique au singulier. Paris: Editions Oldie Jacob ; 2001 :
58. Malm W. Music cultures of the Pacific, the near east, and Asia. 1996 ). Music cultures of the Pacific, the near east, and Asia (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall ; 1996 :
59. Mann N. I., Dingess K. A., Slater P. J. B.. Antiphonal four-part synchronized chorusing in a Neotropical wren. Biology Letters. 2006 ; 2: 1-4
60. May E. Musics of many cultures. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press ; 1980 :
61. McAllester D. P.. Some thoughts on 'universals' in world music. Ethnomusicology. 1971 ; 15: 379-380
62. McLeod N.. Ethnomusicological research and anthropology. Annual Review of Anthropology. 1974 ; 3: 99-115
63. Merker B. The origins of music. Wallin N. L. Merker B. Brown S., ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press ; 2000: 315-327.
64. Merriam A. P. Cross-cultural perspectives on music. Falck R. Rice T., ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press ; 1982: 174-189.
65. Meyer L. B.. A universe of universals. Journal of Musicology. 1998 ; 16: 3-25
66. Mithen S. The singing neanderthals: The origins of music, language, mind and body. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson ; 2005 :
67. Molino J., Nattiez J. -J. Musique: Une encyclopédie pour le XXIe siécle. Nattiez J. -J., ed. Paris: Actes Sud/Cité de la Musique ; 2005: 337-396.
68. Morrison S. J., Demorest S. M., Hayward E. H., Cramer S. C., Maravilla K. R.. FMRI investigation of cross-cultural music comprehension. Neuroimage. 2003 ; 20: 378-384
69. Nan Y., Knösche T. R., Syosset S., Friederici A. D.. Cross-cultural music phrase processing: An fMRI study. Human Brain Mapping. 2008 ; 29: 312-328
70. Narmour E. The analysis and cognition of basic melodic structures: The implication-realization model. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press ; 1990 :
71. Nattiez J. -J.. Under what conditions can one speak about the universals of music?. The World of Music. 1977 ; 19: 92-105
72. Nettl B.. On the question of universals. The World of Music. 1977 ; 19: 2-7
73. Nettl B. The study of ethnomusicology: Twenty-nine issues and concepts. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press ; 1983 :
74. Nettl B. Folk and traditional music of the western continents. 1990 ). Folk and traditional music of the western continents (3rd ed.). Engelwood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. Engelwood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall ; 1990 :
75. Nettl B. The origins of music. Wallin N. L. Merker B. Brown S., ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press ; 2000: 463-472.
76. Nettl B. The study of ethnomusicology: Thirty-one issues and concepts. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press ; 2005 :
77. The Garland encyclopedia of world music, 10-volume set. Nettl B. Stone R. M. Porter J. Rice T., ed. New York: Routeledge ; 1999 :
78. Nettl B., Turino T., Wong I., Capwell C., Bohlman P. V., Rommen T. Excursions in world music. 2008 ). Excursions in world music (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall ; 2008 :
79. Patel A. D. Music, language, and the brain. Oxford: Oxford University Press ; 2008 :
80. Patin E., Laval G., Barreiro L. B., Salas A., Semino O., Santachiara-Benerecetti S.,...Quintana-Murci L.. Inferring the demographic history of African farmers and pygmy hunter-gatherers using a multilocus resequencing data set. PLoS Genetics. 2009 ; 5: e1000448
81. Peretz I., Coltheart M.. Modularity of music processing. Nature Neuroscience. 2003 ; 6: 688-691
82. Peretz I., Morais J. Handbook of neuropsychology. Boller F. Grafman J., ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier ; 1993: 373-390.
83. Phillips-Silver J., Trainor L. J.. Feeling the beat: Movement influences infant rhythm perception. Science. 2005 ; 308: 1430
84. Reck D. Music of the whole earth. New York: Scribner's ; 1977 :
85. RohrmeierM. (2007). A generative grammar approach to diatonic harmonic structure. In SpyridisC.GeorgakiA.KouroupetroglouG.AnagnostopoulouC. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th Sound and Music Computing Conference (pp. 97-100). Available at: http://smc07.uoa.gr/SMC07%20Proceedings.htm#
86. Rousseau J. J. Essay on the origin of languages and writings related to music. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England ; 1781: 289-336.
87. Sachs C. The rise of music in the ancient world: East and west. London: J. M. Dent & Sons ; 1943 :
88. Seeger C.. Reflections upon a given topic: Music in universal perspective. Ethnomusicology. 1971 ; 15: 385-398
89. Soley G., Hannon E. E.. Infants prefer the musical meter of their own culture: A cross-cultural comparison. Developmental Psychology. 2010 ; 46: 286-292
90. Spencer H.. The origin and function of music. Fraser's Magazine. 1857 ; 56: 396-408
91. Temperley D. The cognition of basic musical structures. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press ; 2001 :
92. Titon J. T., Fujie L., Lock D., McAllester D. P., Reck D. B., Schechter J. M., Sutton R. A. Worlds of music: An introduction to the music of the world's peoples. 2005 ). Worlds of music: An introduction to the music of the world's peoples (3rd ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. New York: Schirmer Books ; 2005 :
93. Trehub S. E., Unyk A. M., Trainor L. J.. Maternal singing in cross-cultural perspective. Infant Behavior & Development. 1993 ; 16: 285-295
94. von Hornbostel E. M. Zeitschrift der Internationalen Musikgeselschaft, 7 Hornbostel opera omnia. Wachsmann K. P. Christensen D. Reinecke H. -P., ed. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff ; 1905/1975: 85 247-97 270.
95. Wachsmann K. P.. Universal perspectives in music. Ethnomusicology. 1971 ; 15: 381-384
96. The origins of music. Wallin N. L. Merker B. Brown S., ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press ; 2000 :
97. Wells S. Deep ancestry: Inside the genographic project. Washington, DC: National Geographic ; 2007 :
98. Werker J. F., Gilbert J. H. V., Humphrey G. K., Tees R. C.. Developmental aspects of cross-language speech perception. Child Development. 1981 ; 52: 349-355
99. Werker J. F., Tees R. C.. Phonemic and phonetic factors in adult cross-language speech perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1984 ; 75: 1866-1878
100. Winkler I., Háden G. P., Ladinig O., Sziller I., Honing H.. Newborn infants detect the beat in music. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2009 ; 106: 2468-2471
101. Wong P. C. M., Roy A. K., Margulis E. H.. Bimusicalism: The implicit dual enculturation of cognitive and affective systems. Music Perception. 2009 ; 27: 81-88