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Music as Biology: The Tones We Like and Why

By Dale Purves

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780674972988
DOI
10.4159/9780674972988
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
38 MB (39898605 bytes)
Pages
164\176
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 08:33:03

Description

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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