Books in the Studies on New Music Research series

Compiled by an international array of musical and technical specialists, this book deals with some of the most important topics in modern musical signal processing. Beginning with basic concepts, it covers such essential areas as sound synthesis, control signal synthesis and sound transformation.

Rhythm, Music and the Brain compiles the current knowledge in the arts and sciences on this rapidly exanding field, and systematically reviews our current state of study about the brain and music, specifically in rhythm.

These papers explore a number of topics related to musical imagery. They focus on theoretical issues such as the history, epistemology, neurological bases and cognitive models of musical imagery, and then present various applications of musical imagery in performance and composition.