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Why you love music

from Mozart to Metallica : the emotional power of beautiful sounds

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An edition of Why you love music (2016)

Why you love music

from Mozart to Metallica : the emotional power of beautiful sounds

First edition.

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With his conversational style, humor, and endless knowledge, scientist and musician John Powell explores a fascinating study of how our brains respond to the joys of music.

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Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
Pages
310

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Subjects
Music appreciation, Music, Popular works, Music, psychological aspects, Psychological aspects

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Table of Contents

What is your taste in music?
Lyrics, and meaning in music
Music and your emotions
Repetition, surprises and goosebumps
Music as medicine
Can music make you more intelligent?
From Psycho to Star wars : the power of movie music
Are you musically talented?
A few notes about notes
What's in a tune?
Untangling the tune from the accompaniment
Don't believe everything you hear
Dissonance
How musicians push our emotional buttons
Why you love music
Fiddly details A: Timbre
Fiddly details B. Post-skip reversal
Fiddly details C. Harmonizing a tune
Fiddly details D. How many tunes are hidden in the harmony?
Fiddly details E. Scales and keys.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-297) and index.

Copyright Date
2016

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.1/1
Library of Congress
MT90 .P68 2016, MT90.P68 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 310 pages
Number of pages
310

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27212371M
ISBN 10
0316260657
ISBN 13
9780316260657
LCCN
2015039641
OCLC/WorldCat
923793026

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