Abstract
Arguments in favor of a cognitive-scientific approach to music theory based on the following conceptual and methodological distinctions are presented: (1) external (physical) vs. internal (perceptual and cognitive) musical realities and (2) music theories that account for what a given (internal) musical reality is (“what-theories”) vs. music theories that account for how this musical reality is constructed by the listener on the basis of some external (physical) stimulus (“how-theories”).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 285-308 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Music Perception |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - 1990 |