The music instinct : how music works and why we can't do without it / Philip Ball.
Utgivning: London : Bodley Head, 2010.Beskrivning: vi, 452 p. : ill., musiknoter ; 25 cmISBN:- 978-1-84792-088-1 (hbk.)
- 1-84792-088-8 (hbk.)
- 781.1 22
- ML3830 .B35 2010
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- Ij:oa
- Doeba
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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? -- 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.