It takes the average reader 5 hours and 34 minutes to read Comparing Notes: How We Make Sense of Music by Adam Ockelford
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How does music work? Indeed, what is (or isn’t) music? We are all instinctively musical, but why? Adam Ockelford has the answers. A tap of the foot, a rush of emotion, the urge to hum a tune; without instruction or training we all respond intuitively to music. Comparing Notes explores what music is, why all of us are musical, and how abstract patterns of sound that might not appear to mean anything can, in fact, be so meaningful. Taking the reader on a clear and compelling tour of major twentieth century musical theories, Professor Adam Ockelford arrives at his own important psychologically...
Comparing Notes: How We Make Sense of Music by Adam Ockelford is 332 pages long, and a total of 83,664 words.
This makes it 112% the length of the average book. It also has 102% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 37 minutes to read Comparing Notes: How We Make Sense of Music aloud.
Comparing Notes: How We Make Sense of Music is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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