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100 1 _aBall, Philip,
_d1962-
245 1 4 _aThe music instinct :
_bhow music works and why we can't do without it /
_cPhilip Ball.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2010.
300 _avi, 452 p. :
_bill., music ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [425]-442) and index.
505 0 0 _tPrelude : the harmonious universe : an introduction --
_tOverture : why we sing : what is music and where does it comes from? --
_tStaccato : the atoms of music : what are musical notes and how do we decide which to use? --
_tAndante : what's in a tune? : do melodies follow rules, and if so, which? --
_tLegato : keeping it together : How do we decode the sound? --
_tTutti: all together now : how do we use more than one note at a time? --
_tCon moto: slave to the rhythm : what gives music its pulse? --
_tPizzicato : the colour of music : why do instruments sound different, and how does that affect the music? --
_tMisterioso : all in the mind : which bits of the brain do we use for music? --
_tAppassionato : light my fire : how does music convey and elicit emotion? --
_tCapriccioso : going in and out of style : what are musical styles? : is music about notes, or patterns, or textures? --
_tParlando : why music talks to us : is music a language? or is it closer to the non-verbal arts? --
_tSerioso : the meaning of music : what are composers and musicians trying to say? : can music in itself say anything at all? --
_tCoda : the condition of music.
520 _aThe 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
650 0 _aMusic
_xPhilosophy and aesthetics.
650 0 _aMusic and science.
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