How Music Works The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond

Name: How Music Works The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
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ISBN: 9780316098311

ISBN-10: 0316098310

ISBN-13: 9780316098311

Edition: 2011

Authors: John Powell

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Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication date: 12/2/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English




So, What Is Music, Anyway?



What Is Perfect Pitch and Do I Have It?



Notes and Noises



Xylophones and Saxophones: Same Notes but Different Sounds



Instrumental Break



How Loud Is Loud?



Harmony and Cacophony



Weighing Up Scales



The Self-Confident Major and the Emotional Minor



I Got Rhythm



Making Music



Listening to Music


Fiddly Details



Naming and Identifying Intervals



Using the Decibel System



Tuning an Instrument to the Pentatonic Scale



Calculating Equal Temperament



The Notes of the Major Keys


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index