How music works : the science and psychology of beautiful sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and beyond / John Powell.
Powell, John, 1955-
2010
ML3805 .P69 2010 (Mapit)
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Title How music works : the science and psychology of beautiful sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and beyond / John Powell.
Author Powell, John, 1955-
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
ISBN 9780316098304
0316098302
Publication Details New York, NY : Little, Brown, 2010.
Language English
Description vi, 264 p. : ill., music ; 22 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Call Number ML3805 .P69 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 781
Summary John Powell, a scientist and musician, answers questions about harmony, timbre, keys, chords, loudness, musical composition, and many more in this intriguing and original guide to acoustics.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.

Accompanying CD: How to get different sounds from a guitar string
Can you guess what this instrument is?
Why some notes clash and others get along together
Different ways to accompany a tune
Ancient and modern scales
3,000-year-old music : ancient harp tuning
The horrible out-of-tune bamboo whistle
Confident majors and emotional minors
How to bring tears to the eyes of the audience
The magnificent drinking-straw oboe.

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