Music Instinct

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• The Music Instinct, By Philip Ball

  As prolific as he is profound, Philip Ball weaves science into culture with a dexterity and virtuosity that avoid any sense of overstretch. This book, learned while never less than absorbing, could so easily have fallen victim to a glib reductionism ... (read full critics)

  independent published on Fri, 25 Mar 2011

• How Our Minds Make Sound into Music

  Whatever one may think of the headphones and earbuds that so many people wear while walking or exercising, we generally expect that through these devices they are listening to music, as if to draw sustenance and entertainment from it ever more contin ... (read full critics)

  americanscientist published on Fri, 11 Feb 2011

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  In this offering, Ball digs into music - with his usual comprehensivity and apparent mastery of the matter (this time, he is also personally knowledgeable on the topic). Many aspects of the best of the arts are treated (temperament, harmony, rythm, psicoacoustics, syntax and semantics, emotions and ... (continue)

  In this offering, Ball digs into music - with his usual comprehensivity and apparent mastery of the matter (this time, he is also personally knowledgeable on the topic). Many aspects of the best of the arts are treated (temperament, harmony, rythm, psicoacoustics, syntax and semantics, emotions and meaning, styles and gestalt), and decent if not ample space is given to all details. This on the other hand makes the book very verbose at times: it could have been more compact and concise oftentimes. Nonetheless, all concepts are well explained to laymen and there is also a lot for experts. Musical excerpts, examples, graphs and maps illustrate the text throughout.
  Recommended to all music lovers, particularly (but not only) to beginners.

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• English Books
• Others 448 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1847920888
• ISBN-13: 9781847920881
• Publisher: Bodley Head
• Pub date: Apr 01, 2010
• Also available as: Hardcover and eBook

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