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Music-specific disorders — Neuroscientists have learned a lot about the role of the brain in numerous cognitive mechanisms by understanding corresponding disorders. Similarly, neuroscientists have come to learn a lot about music cognition by studying music specific… … Wikipedia
Music-related memory — Musical memory refers to the ability to remember music related information, such as melodic content and other progressions of tones or pitches. The differences found between linguistic memory and musical memory have led researchers to theorize… … Wikipedia
Tone deafness — is the lack of relative pitch, or the inability to distinguish between musical notes that is not due to the lack of musical training or education. Tone deafness is also known variously as amusia, tune deafness, tin ear , dysmelodia and dysmusia.… … Wikipedia
Piano music of Gabriel Fauré — Fauré in 1907 The French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) wrote in many genres, including songs, chamber music, orchestral pieces and choral works.[1] Among his best known compositions are those for piano, written between the 1860s and the… … Wikipedia
Cognitive neuroscience of music — The cognitive neuroscience of music is the scientific study of brain based mechanisms involved in the cognitive processes underlying music. Methods include functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS),… … Wikipedia
Loud music — The term loud music is often used to refer to music that is played at a volume that disturbs others, such as neighbors or bystanders, who do not wish to hear the music, or that is otherwise viewed as a nuisance to the public. It may include music … Wikipedia
1728 in music — The year 1728 in music involved some significant events. Events *Giuseppe Tartini opens a school for violinists in Padua. *Johann Georg Pisendel begins studying composition under Johann David Heinichen. *Domenico Scarlatti returns to Rome, where… … Wikipedia
Musical aptitude — (i.e. having a fine ear for music) is the ability to intuitively learn or appreciate music, and especially to distinguish off key and off pitch music. Music is ancient and one of the most special characteristics of humans[citation needed]. Some… … Wikipedia
Cochlear implant — A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. The cochlear implant is often referred to as a bionic ear. As of December 2010,… … Wikipedia
Beethoven, Ludwig van — (baptized Dec. 17, 1770, Bonn, archbishopric of Cologne died March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria) German composer. Born to a musical family, he was a precociously gifted pianist and violist. After nine years as a court musician in Bonn, he moved to… … Universalium
