

This book is for musicians and art lovers who may have had little exposure to math, physics, and biology. Sound Disorders, Illusions, and Hallucinations ഩϴ Ear Physiology: How Air Waves Become Sound Listening #8 ഩϳ Neural Mechanisms of Emotion Listening #7 ഩϲ Brain Mechanisms of Rhythm Listening #6 Printed in the United States of America Cover design: Noah Arlow S62 2021 (print) | LCC M元805 (ebook) | DDC 781.1-dc23 LC record available at LC ebook record available at Ĭolumbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description: New York : Columbia University Press, 2021. Title: Music, math, and mind : the physics and neuroscience of music / David Sulzer. M U S I C, M AT H, AND MIND ͻപͻപͻപͻപͻപͻപͻപͻപͻപͻപͻപͻപͻപͻപͻപͻപĬOL U M B I A U N I V ER S I T Y PR ESS New YorkĬolumbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex Copyright © 2021 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Soldier, Dave, 1956– author. I’ve waited seventy-six years in a musical immersion to put a buzz on Dave Soldier’s flyleaf.” -Van Dyke Parks, performer, arranger, producer, composer, and lyricist, including with the Beach Boys As to Soldier’s confection? A ribald reality check on what makes music matter and why we should mind. But David Sulzer had me at paragraph one, where he writes ‘no one needs this book’! No, I don’t need it- but I find I do want it.” - John Schaefer, host of New Sounds, WNYC “When your band protests, ‘Whaddaya mean “dynamics”? I’m playing as loud as I can!’-turn them onto the solid matter in Music, Math, and Mind. At the end, anyone reading this book will have a greater appreciation for the creative spirit and a way to understand music in even deeper ways.” - Bob Neuwirth, singer-songwriter and record producer “Putting the worlds of science and music together is an ambitious and potentially intimidating endeavor.

The questions regarding the science, biology, and math related to music are made easily understandable, and the book is grounded in David’s passion for both creating and enjoying music. This is a book that any musician or music fan will find both enjoyable and educational. “Musicians shouldn’t be intimidated by the title Music, Math, and Mind: The Physics and Neuroscience of Music. Sound Disorders, Illusions, and HallucinationsĪppendix 1: Musical Pitch to Frequency TableĪuthor’s Selected Compositions and Discography Ear Physiology: How Air Waves Become Soundġ0.
