Table of Contents

1. What is Music?
From Pitch to Timbre

2. Foot Tappin’.
Discerning Rhythm, Loudness, and Harmony

3. Behind the Curtain
Music and the Mind Machine

4. Anticipation
What We Expect From Liszt (and Ludacris)

5. You Know My Name, Look Up The Number
How We Categorize Music

6. After Dessert, Crick Was Still Four Seats Away From Me
Music, Emotion, and the Reptilian Brain

7. What Makes a Musician?
Expertise Dissected

8. My Favorite Things
Why Do We Like The Music We Like?

9. The Music Instinct
Evolution’s #1 Hit

by Daniel J. Levitin