Outputs (13)

Listeners' perceptual and emotional responses to tonal and atonal music (2010)
Journal Article
Prior, H. (2011). Listeners' perceptual and emotional responses to tonal and atonal music. Psychology of music, 39(4), 468-502. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735610378182

Research in music and emotion has largely focused on responses to tonal music on isolated occasions. This article presents a novel approach to the study of music and emotion that investigates the effects of familiarity on listeners' responses to tona... Read More about Listeners' perceptual and emotional responses to tonal and atonal music.

Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance
Book
King, E., & Prior, H. Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance. The University of Hull

Familiarity underpins our engagement with music. This book highlights theoretical and empirical considerations about familiarity from three perspectives: listening, musicology and performance. Part I, ‘Listening', addresses familiarity as it relates... Read More about Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance.

Shaping popular music
Book Chapter
Prior, H., & Greasley, A. Shaping popular music.

Much of the research on musical shaping in performance focuses on Western classical music. Although this provides scope for interesting work, the extent to which its findings are applicable to Western popular music is unclear: what different concepti... Read More about Shaping popular music.