How we hear music: the relationship between music and the hearing mechanism

<I>Choice</I> Outstanding Academic Title (2002)Our hearing system chose the sounds for music. During the past fifty years there have been spectacular advances in our knowledge of how that system works and it seems possible that it might provide explanations for a range of musical phenome...

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Main Author: Beament, James 1921-2005 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY, USA The Boydell Press [2001]
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:<I>Choice</I> Outstanding Academic Title (2002)Our hearing system chose the sounds for music. During the past fifty years there have been spectacular advances in our knowledge of how that system works and it seems possible that it might provide explanations for a range of musical phenomena. This book begins by discussing the early evolution of simple 'western' tonal music; what exactly were the characteristics of the intervals and scales which hearing selected.
Item Description:Transferred to digital printing
Auf Impressumsseite: First published 2005
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 174 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781846154416

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