Music as Biology

Author(s): Dale Purves

Physical Sciences

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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  • : 9780674545151
  • : Harvard University Press
  • : Harvard University Press
  • : February 2017
  • : 25.00 cmmm X 16.20 cmmm X 1.70 cmmm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Dale Purves
  • : en
  • : 164