Bad Singer - The Surprising Science of Tone Deafness and How We Hear Music (Hardcover)

In the tradition of Daniel Levitin’s This Is Your Brain on Music and Oliver Sacks’ Musicophilia, Bad Singer follows the delightful journey of Tim Falconer as he tries to overcome tone deafness — and along the way discovers what we’re really hearing when we listen to music. Tim Falconer, a self-confessed “bad singer,” always wanted to make music, but soon after he starts singing lessons, he discovers that he’s part of only 2.5 percent of the population afflicted with amusia — in other words, he is scientifically tone-deaf. Bad Singer chronicles his quest to understand human evolution and music, the brain science behind tone-deafness, his search for ways to retrain the adult brain, and his investigation into what we really hear when we listen to music. In an effort to learn more about his brain disorder, he goes to a series of labs where the scientists who test him are as fascinated with him as he is with them. He also sets out to understand why we love music and deconstructs what we really hear when we listen to it. And he unlocks the secret that helps explain why music has such emotional power over us.

General

Imprint:	House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	February 2017
Authors:	Tim Falconer
Dimensions:	215 x 139 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-77089-445-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Techniques of music > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Classical mechanics > Sound, vibration & waves (acoustics) Books > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Music > Techniques of music > General Promotions
LSN:	1-77089-445-4
Barcode:	9781770894457

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