The music instinct : how music works and why we can't do without it /: how music works and why we can't do without it. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Philip Ball.
• Other Names: Ball, Philip, 1962-
• Contents: Prelude : The harmonious universe -- Overture : Why we sing -- Staccato : The atoms of music -- Andante : What's in a tune? -- Legato : Keeping it together -- Tutti : All together now -- Con moto : Slave to the rhythm -- Pizzicato : The colour of music -- Misterioso : All in the mind -- Appassionatio : Light my fire -- Capriccioso : Going in and out of style -- Parlando : Why music talks to us -- Serioso : The meaning of music -- Coda : The condition of music.
• Publisher Details: London : Vintage Digital
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (25 pages)
• Subjects: 780.1; 781.1; SCIENCE / General; Music -- Psychological aspects; Music -- Social aspects; Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics; Music -- History and criticism; Music appreciation; Music appreciation; Music; Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics; Music -- Psychological aspects; Music -- Social aspects; Musikpsychologie; Musikpsychologie; Musik -- Wahrnehmung; Wahrnehmung -- Musik; Musikpsychologie; Musik; Wahrnehmung; Gesellschaft; Musik; Musikphilosophie; Musikpsychologie; Musikwahrnehmung; Musikästhetik; Musikpsykologi; Musiksociologi; Popular science; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781407073682; 1407073680
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.