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How We Hear Music

By James Beament

How We Hear Music

By James Beament

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A survey of intervals and scales, tone pitch, loudness and time in Western music raises many questions about the hearing mechanism and throws doubt on the conventional role of harmonics. James Beament's account of how musical sounds are coded by the ear and the brain's processing units, provides answers to most of these questions. It concludes that music started with simple instruments which voices imitated, and that the need to know sound direction determined the characteristics of hearing. This book will interest students, practising musicians and music psychologists, and assumes no scientific knowledge.
The late Professor Sir JAMES BEAMENT was a distinguished scientist and musician, who taught and examined music students at Cambridge University.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2003-04-01
Publication Date:
2003-04-01
Publisher:
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0851159400
ISBN13:
9780851159409
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
301 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
11 cm
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