The Music Instinct: How Music Works and why We Can't Do Without itIn 'The Music Instinct' Philip Ball provides a 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. |
Contents
The Atoms of Music | 32 |
Whats In a Tune? | 91 |
Keeping It Together | 137 |
Copyright | |
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The Music Instinct: How Music Works and why We Can't Do Without it Philip Ball No preview available - 2010 |
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