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A review by elisability
Why You Love Music: From Mozart to Metallica--The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds by John Powell
3.0
In this non-fiction book, John Powell explains the physics behind music, and all the things that tug at our heartstrings when we hear particular songs. We learn how music can influence our emotions, and how our brain is an absolutely unbelievably wonderful thing for being able to understand music at all. We learn that hearing our car turn signal going "tick-tock" is an illusion, and I am now obsessed with this.
It is in parts a bit of a dry subject (learning about scales, octaves, hertz and relative frequencies), but Powell inserts shots of humour regularly throughout his writing, so it's never terrible to read. I never felt like giving up on it (though full disclosure, I did not read the annexes).
Plus he introduced me to this wonderful bird, so 5 stars just to that video!
It is in parts a bit of a dry subject (learning about scales, octaves, hertz and relative frequencies), but Powell inserts shots of humour regularly throughout his writing, so it's never terrible to read. I never felt like giving up on it (though full disclosure, I did not read the annexes).
Plus he introduced me to this wonderful bird, so 5 stars just to that video!