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Nature 443, 29-30 (7 September 2006) | doi:10.1038/443029a; Published online 6 September 2006

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Our ability to predict events shapes the way we listen to and appreciate music.

BOOK REVIEWEDSweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation

by David Huron

Bradford Books: 2006. 462 pp. $40

Imagine that just before sounding the final chord of a Beethoven piano sonata, a concert pianist abruptly interrupts the performance to answer the phone that has just rung in his tuxedo pocket. The audience is left pining for musical closure, livid that a sparkling performance should terminate with an insipid ringtone.

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