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The music instinct : how music works and why we can't do without it / Philip Ball.

By: Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: vi, 452 p. : ill., music ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199754274 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0199754276 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781/.1 22
LOC classification:
  • ML3800 .B2085 2010
Contents:
Prelude : the harmonious universe : an introduction -- Overture : why we sing : what is music and where does it comes from? -- Staccato : the atoms of music : what are musical notes and how do we decide which to use? -- Andante : what's in a tune? : do melodies follow rules, and if so, which? -- Legato : keeping it together : How do we decode the sound? -- Tutti: all together now : how do we use more than one note at a time? -- Con moto: slave to the rhythm : what gives music its pulse? -- Pizzicato : the colour of music : why do instruments sound different, and how does that affect the music? -- Misterioso : all in the mind : which bits of the brain do we use for music? -- Appassionato : light my fire : how does music convey and elicit emotion? -- Capriccioso : going in and out of style : what are musical styles? : is music about notes, or patterns, or textures? -- Parlando : why music talks to us : is music a language? or is it closer to the non-verbal arts? -- Serioso : the meaning of music : what are composers and musicians trying to say? : can music in itself say anything at all? -- Coda : the condition of music.
Summary: The Music Instinct Philip Ball provides the first comprehensive, accessible survey of what is known--and what is still unknown--about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleeping, it seems indispensable to humanity. --from publisher description
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks ML3800 .B2085 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33039001488138

Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-442) and index.

Prelude : the harmonious universe : an introduction -- Overture : why we sing : what is music and where does it comes from? -- Staccato : the atoms of music : what are musical notes and how do we decide which to use? -- Andante : what's in a tune? : do melodies follow rules, and if so, which? -- Legato : keeping it together : How do we decode the sound? -- Tutti: all together now : how do we use more than one note at a time? -- Con moto: slave to the rhythm : what gives music its pulse? -- Pizzicato : the colour of music : why do instruments sound different, and how does that affect the music? -- Misterioso : all in the mind : which bits of the brain do we use for music? -- Appassionato : light my fire : how does music convey and elicit emotion? -- Capriccioso : going in and out of style : what are musical styles? : is music about notes, or patterns, or textures? -- Parlando : why music talks to us : is music a language? or is it closer to the non-verbal arts? -- Serioso : the meaning of music : what are composers and musicians trying to say? : can music in itself say anything at all? -- Coda : the condition of music.

The Music Instinct Philip Ball provides the first comprehensive, accessible survey of what is known--and what is still unknown--about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleeping, it seems indispensable to humanity. --from publisher description

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