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Pensate a una melodia che non riuscite a togliervi dalla testa. Potrebbe essere un pezzo dei Beatles così come il jingle della vostra birra preferita, non ha importanza. Non vorreste sapere perché quella particolare combinazione di ritmo e armonia si è incollata nel vostro cervello, e vi ha portato quasi alle lacrime o vi ha fatto ballare come degli ossessi? "Fatti di musica" è il libro che fa per voi. Fopo una carriera come musicista rock e produttore musicale, Levitin si è dedicato alle scienze cognitive. In lui convivono, perfettamente allineate, l'anima e l'attitudine dell'artista e dello scienziato, in grado di ridurre una melodia a un impulso neurale, analizzarlo, e ripercorrere il tragitto inverso per farlo ritornare a essere quello che è: una meravigliosa esperienza. E tutto questo senza privarsi del piacere di lasciarsi trasportare dalla buona musica. Prefazione di Wu Ming 2.
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- Pagine: 273
- Data di uscita: 10-04-2019
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There's a lot of amazing stuff in this book to contemplate, but the author tries too hard to make it relevant for readers who listen to the Eagles and Mariah Carey (musicians he specifically sites), and he gets caught up in the most mundane details of his personal interactions with his colleagues at Leggi tutto
Seemingly for musicians or composers this book is more fitting a read for scientists and doctors. Not much content is musicianship related. Middle third is a bore. What I learned: - There is no sound in space (there are no molecules to vibrate) - Virtuosity comes from hours of practice (talent and abso Leggi tutto
It wasn't until I was half-way through this book that things started to get really interesting. As a musician, the first half was like retaking Music 101, but I felt this was a book I need to read, so I plowed on. I am looking for answers to the questions: "Why, when I near any musical interval, my
I really despise myself for giving what should be an awesome book only 2 stars. I know I am mentally feeble, but was this ever dry!!! Interesting topic - neuroscience & music - but the author did go on at times (too much music theory, god I hated studying that and I'm a musician) and took the scient Leggi tutto
I had two questions I wanted answered. The first was, what makes music so enjoyable? The second is why we enjoy some music, but not others? This book didn't really give me satisfying answers to those questions. I don't want to blame the author, as I think he did a fine job in explaining a lot and gi Leggi tutto
From the reviews I've seen here, the material seems to have passed over most people's heads (by being too rough, or the phrase you'll come across a few times, "I didn't feel like I walked away exclaiming 'eureka!'"... or the book angered more expert readers by its simplicity, but it wasn't meant to
In Daniel Levitin's own words, "This book is about the science of music, from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience…. I'll discuss some of the latest studies I and other researchers in our field have conducted on music, musical meaning, and musical pleasure…. [H]ow can we account for wide differ Leggi tutto
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