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Book Synopsis''Communicative Musicality'' explores the intrinsic musical nature of human interaction. The theory of communicative musicality was developed from groundbreaking studies showing how in mother/infant communication there exist noticeable patterns of timing, pulse, voice timbre, and gesture. Without intending to, the exchange between a mother and her infant follow many of the rules of musical performance, including rhythm and timing. This is the first book to be devoted to this topic. In a collection of cutting-edge chapters, encompassing brain science, human evolution, psychology, acoustics and music performance, it focuses on the rhythm and sympathy of musical expression in human communication from infancy. It demonstrates how speaking and moving in rhythmic musical ways is the essential foundation for all forms of communication, even the most refined and technically elaborated, just as it is for parenting, good teaching, creative work in the arts, and therapy to help handicapped or emo
Trade Review... useful for educators in communications, especially oncology, ... the book should be available to all oncology and palliative care units and at the medical faculties. * Norwegian Medical Association *
Trevarthen and Malloch have compiled a fascinating volume of some 600 pages with 35 fellow contributors. The topics encompass human evolution, neuroscience, psychology, musical theory, childhood learning and psychotherapy. * THE TRANSACTIONAL ANALYST *
Table of ContentsPART 1 - THE ORIGINS AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF MUSICALITY; PART 2 - MUSICALITY IN INFANCY; PART 3 - MUSICALITY AND HEALING; PART 4 - MUSICALITY OF LEARNING IN CHILDHOOD; PART 5 - MUSICALITY IN PERFORMANCE
