The music instinct: how music works and why we can't do without it

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Prelude : The harmonious universe -- Overture : Why we sing -- Staccato : The atoms of music -- Andante : What's in a tune? -- Legato : Keeping it together -- Tutti : All together now -- Con moto : Slave to the rhythm -- Pizzicato : The colour of music -- Misterioso : All in the mind -- Appassionatio : Light my fire -- Capriccioso : Going in and out of style -- Parlando : Why music talks to us -- Serioso : The meaning of music -- Coda : The condition of music.;"In 'The Music Instinct' Philip Ball provides a comprehensive, accessible survey of what is known and what is still unknown about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleeping, it seems indispensable to humanity." Prelude : The harmonious universe -- Overture : Why we sing -- Staccato : The atoms of music -- Andante : What's in a tune? -- Legato : Keeping it together -- Tutti : All together now -- Con moto : Slave to the rhythm -- Pizzicato : The colour of music -- Misterioso : All in the mind -- Appassionatio : Light my fire -- Capriccioso : Going in and out of style -- Parlando : Why music talks to us -- Serioso : The meaning of music -- Coda : The condition of music.