Music as Biology: The Tones We Like and Why

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2017
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Why do human beings find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only a small number of scales out the billions that are possible? Dale Purves shows that rethinking music theory in biological terms offers a new approach to centuries-long debates about the organization and impact of music.

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Why do human beings find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only a small number of scales out the billions that are possible? Dale Purves shows that rethinking music theory in biological terms offers a new approach to centuries-long debates about the organization and impact of music.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 164
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 23 Feb 2017
ISBN 10: 067454515X
ISBN 13: 9780674545151

Music as Biology: The Tones We Like and Why

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