Sulzer Music, Math, and Mind

The Physics and Neuroscience of Music
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-231-55050-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

This book offers a lively exploration of the mathematics, physics, and neuroscience that underlie music. 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sulzer, David

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Akustik, Tontechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Akustik, Schwingungsanalyse
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Nota Bene
Introduction
1. The Parameters of Sound
2. The Math of Pitch, Scales, and Harmony
3. Waves and Harmonics
4. The Math of Sound and Resonance
5. Math and Rhythmic Structure
Centerpiece: The Sense of Hearing
6. Brain Mechanisms of Rhythm
7. Neural Mechanisms of Emotion
8. Ear Physiology: How Air Waves Become Sound
9. Deep Brain Physiology of Sound
10. Sound Disorders, Illusions, and Hallucinations
11. Animal Sound, Song, and Music
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: Musical Pitch to Frequency Table
Appendix 2: Further Reading
Bibliography
Author’s Selected Compositions and Discography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sulzer David:
David Sulzer received his PhD from Columbia and is Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Pharmacology at Columbia University Medical Center. He has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of neuronal signaling in areas of basic memory, movement and addiction. In addition to his scientific life David is a musician and performance artist going by the stage name Dave Soldier. He has collaborated with many leading NY artists, including the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra and members of the Velvet Underground.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 stage 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.