How Long to Read If It Sounds Good, It Is Good

How Long Does it Take to Read If It Sounds Good, It Is Good?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 23 minutes to read If It Sounds Good, It Is Good by Richard Manning

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Music is fundamental to human existence, a cultural universal among all humans for all times. It is embedded in our evolution, encoded in our DNA, which is to say, essential to our survival. Academics in a variety of disciplines have considered this idea to devise explanations that Richard Manning, a lifelong journalist, finds hollow, arcane, incomplete, ivory-towered, and just plain wrong. He approaches the question from a wholly different angle, using his own guitar and banjo as instruments of discovery. In the process, he finds himself dancing in celebration of music rough and rowdy. American roots music is not a product of an elite leisure class, as some academics contend, but of explosive creativity among slaves, hillbillies, field hands, drunks, slackers, and hucksters. Yet these people—poor, working people—built the foundations of jazz, gospel, blues, bluegrass, rock ’n’ roll, and country music, an unparalleled burst of invention. This is the counterfactual to the academics’ story. This is what tells us music is essential, but by pulling this thread, Manning takes us down a long, strange path, following music to deeper understandings of racism, slavery, inequality, meditation, addiction, the science of our brains, and ultimately to an enticing glimpse of pure religion. Use this book to follow where his guitar leads. Ultimately it sings the American body, electric.

How long is If It Sounds Good, It Is Good?

If It Sounds Good, It Is Good by Richard Manning is 316 pages long, and a total of 80,896 words.

This makes it 107% the length of the average book. It also has 99% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read If It Sounds Good, It Is Good Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 22 minutes to read If It Sounds Good, It Is Good aloud.

What Reading Level is If It Sounds Good, It Is Good?

If It Sounds Good, It Is Good is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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