How Music Works by John Powell

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How Music Works by John Powell

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How Music Works by John Powell

Now, scientist and musician John Powell invites you on an entertaining journey through the world of music. Discover what distinguishes music from plain old noise, how scales help you memorize songs, what the humble recorder teaches you about timbre (assuming your suffering listeners don t break it first), why anyone can learn to play a musical instrument, what the absurdly complicated names of classical music pieces actually mean, how musical notes came to be (hint: you can thank a group of stodgy men in 1939 London for that one), how to make an oboe from a drinking straw, and much more. With wit and charm, and in the simplest terms, Powell explains the science and psychology of music.

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ISBN 13 9780316098311
ISBN 10 0316098310
Title How Music Works
Author John Powell
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown & Company
Year published 2011-12-02
Number of pages 272
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