Musical memory is the ability to recall music-related information, such as melodies and progressions of tones or pitches. Researchers have noted differences between linguistic and musical memory, leading to the theory that musical memory may be encoded differently from language and could represent an independent component of the phonological loop. However, this term's usage is problematic because it implies verbal input, whereas music is essentially nonverbal.
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👉 Music-related memory in the context of Culture in music cognition
Culture in music cognition refers to the impact that a person's culture has on their music cognition, including their preferences, emotion recognition, and musical memory. Musical preferences are biased toward culturally familiar musical traditions beginning in infancy, and adults' classification of the emotion of a musical piece depends on both culturally specific and universal structural features. Additionally, individuals' musical memory abilities are greater for culturally familiar music than for culturally unfamiliar music. The sum of these effects makes culture a powerful influence in music cognition.