An edition of The music instinct (2010)

The music instinct

how music works and why we can't do without it

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An edition of The music instinct (2010)

The music instinct

how music works and why we can't do without it

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Bodley Head
Language
English
Pages
452

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Table of Contents

Prelude : The harmonious universe. An introduction
Overture : Why we sing. What is music and where does it come 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?
Appassionatio : 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 ot 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.

Edition Notes

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

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London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
780.1, 781.1
Library of Congress
ML3830 .B35 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
vi, 452 p.
Number of pages
452

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27118154M
Internet Archive
musicinstincthow0000ball
ISBN 10
1847920888
ISBN 13
9781847920881
OCLC/WorldCat
458734290

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