Music As Biology: The Tones We Like And Why

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.

• | By (Author): Dale Purves
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 01, 2017
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 176 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 067454515X
• | ISBN-13: 9780674545151