The Second Sense: Language, Music, and Hearing

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Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 1 Sound and vision
Chapter 3 2 Processing sound
Chapter 4 3 Instruments
Chapter 5 4 Signatures
Chapter 6 5 Reflections
Chapter 7 6 Directions
Chapter 8 7 Space
Chapter 9 8 Visible sound
Chapter 10 9 In camera
Chapter 11 10 Team players
Chapter 12 11 Resonance
Chapter 13 12 Leadership
Chapter 14 13 Time and motion
Chapter 15 14 Noise
Chapter 16 15 Mechanical music
Chapter 17 16 Mouth music
Chapter 18 17 Relativity
Chapter 19 18 Inspiration
Chapter 20 19 Memory
Chapter 21 20 Outer space
Chapter 22 Feedback
Chapter 23 Select
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Chapter 24 Select discography
Chapter 25 Index
Chapter 26 About the author

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In a visual culture, hearing is the second sense, and music is the art of hearing. Kandinsky believed that music transcended painting and visual representation because it had the power to act directly and invisibly on the human spirit. Because it is the only art to deal unequivocally with the real world of sound and its attendant perceptions of time, motion, and human mortality, music remains a powerful and often controversial influence on human behavior. Defining music in the broadest sense as 'any acoustic activity intended to influence the behavior of others', and written in a clear, conversational style for a non-specialist readership, The Second Sense draws on over 100 examples of recorded musical sources from throat singing to Beethoven, and from traditional Japan to Boulez, including a great many popular classics. On the basis that 'Everything you hear is true: true of yourself, true of the music, and true of the relationship between what you hear and how you hear it' the author teases out the signs, symbols, and patterns of thought that arise from the way people hear, the sounds people make, and the instruments and environments that are designed and constructed to enhance the listening experience. Maconie aims to do for music what Klee and Kandinsky did for art education and Marshall McLuhan for media studies.

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The individual sections were fascinating and if you can add your own soundtrack, then all the better

An entertaining read-an unusual book that's highly recommended

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