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"Any readers whose love of music has somehow not led them to explore the technical side before will surely find the result a thoroughly accessible, and occasionally revelatory, primer."—Seattle Post-Intelligencer
What makes a musical note different from any other sound? How can you tell if you have perfect pitch? Why…
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1 author picked How Music Works as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The great thing about this book is that it explains so many of music’s conundrums in a brilliantly informative and often witty way.
Why do we use the first seven letters of the alphabet to denote musical pitches? Where did the musical stave come from? What actually is composition? Where do scales come from? Why do we find certain pieces really exciting? Why do other pieces make us feel sad?
Although we may think we know the answers, these and other questions are explained by John Powell in a highly engaging manner. Being both a musician and a professor of…
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