Music as Biology : : The Tones We Like and Why / / Dale Purves.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Purves, Dale,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (164 p.) :; 44 color illustrations, 2 halftones, 4 tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Sound Signals and Sound Stimuli --; 2. The Perception of Sound Signals --; 3. Human Vocalization --; 4. Music and Vocal Similarity --; 5. Consonance and Dissonance --; 6. Musical Scales --; 7. Music and Emotion --; 8. Music and Speech across Cultures --; 9. Implications --; Appendix: An Overview of the Human Auditory System --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674972988; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674972988
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Dale Purves.

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.