Music as Biology: The Tones We Like and Why
Book by Dale Purves
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The universality of musical tones has long fascinated philosophers, scientists, musicians, and ordinary listeners. Why do human beings worldwide find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only a small... Google Books
Originally published: February 2017
Author: Dale Purves
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Feb 1, 2017 · In Music as Biology, Dale Purves argues that biology offers answers to these and other questions on which conventional music theory is silent.
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Names: Purves, Dale, author. Title: Music as biology : the tones we like and why / Dale Purves. Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University ...
The course will explore the tone combinations that humans consider consonant or dissonant, the scales we use, and the emotions music elicits, ...
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Feb 1, 2017 · Music as Biology: The Tones We Like and Why ; Author Dale Purves ; Publisher Harvard University Press ; Publication Date 2017-02-01 ; Section Music.
Offered by Duke University. The course will explore the tone combinations that humans consider consonant or dissonant, the scales we use, .
Purves, D. (2017). Music as biology: The tones we like and why. Harvard University Press. Abstract. The universality of musical tones has long fascinated ...
From this perspective, the author covers the perception of consonance and dissonance in musical intervals, universal predilections for certain musical scales ...
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Feb 1, 2017 · In Music as Biology, Dale Purves argues that biology offers answers to these and other questions on which conventional music theory is silent.
The universality of musical tones has long fascinated philosophers, scientists, musicians and ordinary listeners. Purves draws on evidence that the ...
Feb 1, 2017 · The book Music as Biology: The Tones We Like and Why comes from Duke University professor Dale Purves, a world-renowned scholar of the ...