Music as Biology : : The Tones We Like and Why /

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

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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
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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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Music as Biology : The Tones We Like and Why /
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
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Contents --
Preface --
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2. The Perception of Sound Signals --
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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
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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
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