Bad Singer: The Surprising Science of Tone Deafness and How We Hear Music
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (756 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1770894454 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Bad Singer is a fun, fascinating, beautifully written, and strangely moving tale of a melodically-challenged man who yearned to sing. And it has much to say about the mystery of how music moves all of us, good and bad singers alike.” John Colapinto, author of Undone"Bad Singer deftly combines a memoir of Falconer’s personal musical history with a scientific look into how humans hear music." Maclean's"an engaging, step-by-step look into how scientists study tone deafness an essential tale about how human beings, even those of us with tin ears, can't help but be drawn to musicOver the last decade there have been a number of books published about the science of music - such as Daniel Levitan's Th
He is tested by numerous scientists who are as fascinated with him as he is with them. Bad Singer chronicles his quest to understand the brain science behind tone-deafness and to search for ways to retrain the adult brain. He also investigates why we love music and deconstructs what we are really hearing when we listen to it. Throughout this journey of scientific and psychological discovery, he puts theory to practice by taking voice and breathing lessons with a voice coach in order to achieve his personal goal: a public display of his singing abilities. Author and journalist Tim Falconer a self-confessed bad singer” is one of only 2.5 percent of the population that has been afflicted with amusia, ie: he is scientifically tone-deaf. 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.