Author : Dale Purves
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674972961
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Music as Biology by : Dale Purves
Download or read book Music as Biology written by Dale Purves and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.