This Is Your Brain On Music

In the readings, Levitin pointed out that nobody is truly non-musical, because everyone can enjoy a CD, hum happy birthday or even tap their feet. I really enjoyed this paragraph in the book because it made me ecstatic to think that all of people can enjoy music in their lives no matter what. This book demonstrated a ton how music plays a huge role in our lives and how it really works to benefit us. It really surprised me how this book was like a big dissection of music perception. The book started off kind of slow but then it worked up to a masterpiece at the end after piecing all of the puzzle together. Parts that stuck to me were the songs that he talked about, a lot of the songs were like a British pop type that were pretty interesting to look up and see the different kinds of music out there because there is so many options to take part in when picking music.
A lot of the terminology that Levitin used had not passed my mind before but a couple of them did and it was good to catch back up on those and even learn the new ones that were presented in the readings. It covered topics such as timbre, rhythm, pitch, harmony and many others that really helped my music understanding that much more. I liked this book a lot because it really did give me a better understanding of not just the music terminology but what it does for the rest of the world. It helps to learn, focus and play a huge role in our lives while making a gigantic impact. I’ve always wondered what life would be without music or sound and after reading this I definitely do not want to. Levitin describes how we can use music to make people better and help their lives. I would say the point to make from this book is to see the recent findings in of music put to use and see what we could get out of it. I really did like this book and I will definitely recommend it to another music advocate.