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Music Listeners Like Harmony's Math
Why do some chords sound sweet but others make you wince? Well it appears our ears--or at least the ears of 250 Minnesota undergrads--prefer chords containing harmonically related frequencies, according to a study in the journal Current Biology. [McDermott et al, www.current-biology.com ] Even a simple note on my guitar has an array of harmonic frequencies. But the ...
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