Music, Math, and Mind

The Physics and Neuroscience of Music

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvDavid Sulzer,Professor David Sulzer

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Why does a clarinet play at lower pitches than a flute? What does it mean for sounds to be in or out of tune? How are emotions carried by music? Do other animals perceive sound like we do? How might a musician use math to come up with new ideas?This book offers a lively exploration of the mathematics, physics, and neuroscience that underlie music in a way that readers without scientific background can follow. David Sulzer, also known in the musical world as Dave Soldier, explains why the perception of music encompasses the physics of sound, the functions of the ear and deep-brain auditory pathways, and the physiology of emotion. He delves into topics such as the math by which musical scales, rhythms, tuning, and harmonies are derived, from the days of Pythagoras to technological manipulation of sound waves. Sulzer ranges from styles from around the world to canonical composers to hip-hop, the history of experimental music, and animal sound by songbirds, cetaceans, bats, and insects. He makes accessible a vast range of material, helping readers discover the universal principles behind the music they find meaningful.Written for musicians and music lovers with any level of science and math proficiency, including none, Music, Math, and Mind demystifies how music works while testifying to its beauty and wonder.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-04-27
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagColumbia University Press
ISBN9780231193788
UtmärkelserWinner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2021

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David Sulzer is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Pharmacology at Columbia University Medical Center. His laboratory has made important contributions to the study of brain mechanisms involved in autism, Parkinson’s disease, drug addiction, and learning and memory. He is also a composer and performer under the name Dave Soldier and has worked with many major figures in the classical, jazz, and pop worlds, appearing on over one hundred records. Some of his projects bridge music and neuroscience, including the Thai Elephant Orchestra, an orchestra of fourteen elephants in northern Thailand, and the Brainwave Music Project, which uses EEGs of brain activity to create compositions.

Nota BeneIntroduction1. The Parameters of Sound2. The Math of Pitch, Scales, and Harmony3. Waves and Harmonics4. The Math of Sound and Resonance5. Math and Rhythmic StructureCenterpiece: The Sense of Hearing6. Brain Mechanisms of Rhythm7. Neural Mechanisms of Emotion8. Ear Physiology: How Air Waves Become Sound9. Deep Brain Physiology of Sound10. Sound Disorders, Illusions, and Hallucinations11. Animal Sound, Song, and MusicAcknowledgmentsAppendix 1: Musical Pitch to Frequency TableAppendix 2: Further ReadingBibliographyAuthor’s Selected Compositions and DiscographyIndex

It is rare that one finds a book where on opening any page, one is drawn to read on and . . . to read back. Every page has a story, every page a fascinating connection between the universal joy we find in music and some biological or mathematical fact. Here is the place to find out about the way crickets make music, and the McGurk effect! The science comes along gently, never intimidating. Only a neurobiologist who is a master composer and musician could have written this wonderful book!