01671cam a2200253 i 450000100070000000500170000700800410002402000180006504100080008305000250009110000250011624501080014126000390024930000360028844000300032450101120035450400640046650505420053052001960107265000490126865000340131765000280135165000380137910798020230410124113.0121005s2010    enka   g b    001 0 eng d  a97818461431510 aeng14aML 3805bP882ho 20101 aPowell, John,d1955-10aHow music works :ba listener's guide to the science and psychology of beautiful sounds /cJohn Powell.  aLondon :bParticular Books,c2010.  a264 p. :bill., music ;c22 cm. 0aScience Music / Read more  a"A listener's guide to harmony, keys, broken chords, perfect pitch and the secrets of a good tune". (port.)  aIncludes bibliographical references( p. 256-258) and index.0 aSo, what is music, anyway? -- What is perfect pitch and do I have it? -- Notes and noises -- Xylophones and saxophones : same notes but different sounds -- Instrumental break -- How loud is loud? -- Harmony and cacophony -- Weighing up scales -- The self-confident major and the emotional minor -- I got rhythm -- Making music -- Listening to music -- Fiddly details. Naming and identifying intervals ; Using the Decibel system ; Tuning an instrument to the pentatonic scale ; Calculating equal temperament ; The notes of the major keys.  aJohn Powell, a scientist and musician, answers questions about harmony, timbre, keys,   chords, loudness, musical composition, and many more in this intriguing and original guide to acoustics 0aMusicxAcoustics and physicsvPopular works. 0aMusicxPsychological aspects. 4aAcústica en música. 4aMúsicaxAspectos sicológicos.