TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ball,Philip
TI  - The music instinct: how music works and why we can't do without it 
SN  - 9780199754274 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - ML3800 .B2085 2010
U1  - 781/.1 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Music
KW  - Philosophy and aesthetics
KW  - Music and science
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -