This Is Your Brain On Music - The Science of a Human Obsession

Daniel Levitin

Plume/Penguin

2007

322 páginas

10h 44m

ISBN-13: 9780452288522

Think of a song that resonates deep down in your being. Now imagine sitting down with someone who was there when the song was recorded and can tell you how that series of sounds was committed to tape, and who can also explain why that particular combination of rhythms, timbres and pitches has lodged in your memory, making your pulse race and your heart swell every time you hear it. Remarkably, Levitin does all this and more, interrogating the basic nature of hearing and of music making (this is likely the only book whose jacket sports blurbs from both Oliver Sacks and Stevie Wonder), without losing an affectionate appreciation for the songs he's reducing to neural impulses. Levitin is the ideal guide to this material: he enjoyed a successful career as a rock musician and studio producer before turning to cognitive neuroscience, earning a Ph.D. and becoming a top researcher into how our brains interpret music. Though the book starts off a little dryly (the first chapter is a crash course in music theory), Levitin's snappy prose and relaxed style quickly win one over and will leave readers thinking about the contents of their iPods in an entirely new way.

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3.5 (Bom)

Enriquecedor

“Rhythm is what we dance to, sway our bodies to, and tap our feet to.”

Fala sobre tópicos muito interessantes, desde cada conceito musical até a percepção dos sons no nosso cérebro. Mas na minha opinião em alguns momentos o autor se desvia um pouco do foco e torna o texto mais longo e cansativo do que deveria ser.
Apesar de que não deixa de ser uma leitura que vale a pena.

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