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Title Bad singer : the surprising science of tone deafness and how we hear music / Tim Falconer.
Publisher Toronto : House of Anansi Press, 2016.
Copyright ©2016
Description 325 pages ; 22 cm


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 EI-Adult Collection  781.11 FAL Nearby on shelf  30626003096167 06-16-17  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references and index.
NOTE Issued also in electronic format.
Contents Music and human evolution -- The science of tone deafness -- How we hear music -- Unlocking a surprising secret of music.
Summary "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. A work of scientific discovery, musicology, and personal odyssey, Bad Singer is a fascinating, insightful, and highly entertaining account from an award-winning journalist and author."-- Provided by publisher.
Other edition Falconer, Tim, 1958-, author. Bad singer.
Subject Music -- Physiological aspects.
Musical perception.
Hearing.
Deafness.
Music -- Acoustics and physics.
ISBN 9781770894457
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