Music as Biology: The Tones We Like and Why - Dale Purves - Books - Harvard University Press - 9780674545151 - February 1, 2017
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Music as Biology: The Tones We Like and Why

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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.


164 pages, 44 color illustrations, 2 halftones, 4 tables

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 1, 2017
ISBN13 9780674545151
Publishers Harvard University Press
Pages 176
Dimensions 244 × 164 × 18 mm   ·   548 g
Language English  

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