Comparing Notes
eBook - ePub

Comparing Notes

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Comparing Notes

About this book

A tap of the foot, a rush of emotion, the urge to hum a tune; without instruction or training we all respond intuitively to music. Comparing Notes explores what music is, why all of us are musical, and how abstract patterns of sound that might not appear to mean anything can, in fact, be so meaningful. Taking the reader on a clear and compelling tour of major twentieth century musical theories, Professor Adam Ockelford arrives at his own important psychologically grounded theory of how music works. From pitch and rhythm to dynamics and timbre, he shows how all the elements of music cohere through the principle of imitation to create an abstract narrative in sound that we instinctively grasp, whether listening to Bach or the Beatles. Authoritative, engaging, and full of wonderful examples from across the musical spectrum, Comparing Notes is essential reading for anyone who's ever loved a song, sonata, or symphony, and wondered why.

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Information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781643132273
eBook ISBN
9781681778105
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Prelude Insights from the Blind
  5. 1. How Does Music Work?
  6. 2. The Zygonic Conjecture
  7. 3. How We Construct Musical Meaning
  8. 4. We Are All Musical
  9. 5. Composing, Performing and Listening
  10. Postlude -Notes Compared
  11. Notes
  12. Further Reading
  13. List of Figures
  14. Acknowledgements
  15. Index
  16. Also by Adam Ockelford
  17. Copyright

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