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

By: Ball, Philip, 1962-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: vi, 452 p. : ill., music ; 25 cmISBN: 9780199754274 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0199754276 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics | Music and scienceDDC classification: 781/.1 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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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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