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English Theme 8
Music and Memory
“How to write a nice summary”
Mafuyu Kitahara
2007-01-15
Format and such
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About 1000 words (900-1100 words are
tolerable)
Print on an A4-paper, word processor
output
Deadline = February 5th, at JIMUSHO
Style, Structure, and Accuracy …. next
Style
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Put your name, number, title, and class
Indent the first line of a paragraph
Take care of punctuation and spelling
Double space (line spacing = 2)
Fonts: 12 point, Times or the like
Structure
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Section = large grouping
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Review of auditory memory studies
Characteristics of music structure w.r.t. memory
Personal experience and finding
Subsection = may correspond to each chapter
Paragraph = topic and support
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Topic = main point
Support = give details, use signal words
Accuracy
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Do not copy more than 3 words in a row
Must use your own words
But, be accurate: not too broad nor too
specific
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e.g. “The organization of memory and the
limits of our ability to remember have a
profound effect on how we perceive patterns of
events and boundaries in time (p.5).”
Example: rephrased version
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Formal:
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The organization of memory and its capability
actually determines our perception of patterns
changing in time.
More colloquial:
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Experience of music depends so much on how
we can remember and how much we can
remember.
Organization of memory
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Memory: 3 processes
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Loosely related to 3 time scales
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not based on anatomical structure
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FUNCTIONAL
Physiologically: neurons alter thhe strength
and number of connections each other
Echoic memory
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Stores raw nerve
impulses
Lasts less than a
second
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STM
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Low capacity
Lasts up to 30
sec without
rehearsal
Focus of
conscious
awareness
Perceptual binding & categorization
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Bind features to
coherent events
Features:
– frequency
– amplitude
Events:
– a note (consists of
overtones)
Continuous to
discrete
Long Term Memory
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Activate memories
of similar events in
the past
Identification of
names, timber,
voice...
Short Term Memory
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Low capacity
Lasts up to 30 sec
without rehearsal
Focus of conscious
awareness