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This Is Your Brain on Music
by Daniel J. Levitin
A neuroscientist and former producer on how the brain processes rhythm, pitch, emotion and expertise in music. Accessible and fascinating.
Read it if…
you want to know why music moves you.
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Skip it if…
you want to learn an instrument.
Try instead: The Compass of Pleasure →
Three things you will actually use
- Music is whole-brain.
- Expectation creates emotion.
- Practice rewires.
Do this first
Read the chapter on expertise.
Our verdict
Music and the brain.
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