The Resource Music as biology : the tones we like and why, Dale Purves
Music as biology : the tones we like and why, Dale Purves
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- Summary
- The universality of musical tones has long fascinated philosophers, scientists, musicians, and ordinary listeners. Why do human beings worldwide find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only a small number of scales out of the billions that are possible? Why do differently organized scales elicit different emotions? Why are there so few notes in scales? In Music as Biology, Dale Purves argues that biology offers answers to these and other questions on which conventional music theory is silent. When people and animals vocalize, they generate tonal sounds--periodic pressure changes at the ear which, when combined, can be heard as melodies and harmonies. Human beings have evolved a sense of tonality, Purves explains, because of the behavioral advantages that arise from recognizing and attending to human voices. The result is subjective responses to tone combinations that are best understood in terms of their contribution to biological success over evolutionary and individual history. Purves summarizes evidence that the intervals defining Western and other scales are those with the greatest collective similarity to the human voice; that major and minor scales are heard as happy or sad because they mimic the subdued and excited speech of these emotional states; and that the character of a culture's speech influences the tonal palette of its traditional music. Rethinking music theory in biological terms offers a new approach to centuries-long debates about the organization and impact of music.--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 165 pages
- Contents
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- Sound signals and sound stimuli
- The perception of sound signals
- Human vocalization
- Music and vocal similarity
- Consonance and dissonance
- Musical scales
- Music and emotion
- Music and speech across cultures
- Implications
- Appendix: the human auditory system
- Isbn
- 9780674545151
- Label
- Music as biology : the tones we like and why
- Title
- Music as biology
- Title remainder
- the tones we like and why
- Statement of responsibility
- Dale Purves
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The universality of musical tones has long fascinated philosophers, scientists, musicians, and ordinary listeners. Why do human beings worldwide find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only a small number of scales out of the billions that are possible? Why do differently organized scales elicit different emotions? Why are there so few notes in scales? In Music as Biology, Dale Purves argues that biology offers answers to these and other questions on which conventional music theory is silent. When people and animals vocalize, they generate tonal sounds--periodic pressure changes at the ear which, when combined, can be heard as melodies and harmonies. Human beings have evolved a sense of tonality, Purves explains, because of the behavioral advantages that arise from recognizing and attending to human voices. The result is subjective responses to tone combinations that are best understood in terms of their contribution to biological success over evolutionary and individual history. Purves summarizes evidence that the intervals defining Western and other scales are those with the greatest collective similarity to the human voice; that major and minor scales are heard as happy or sad because they mimic the subdued and excited speech of these emotional states; and that the character of a culture's speech influences the tonal palette of its traditional music. Rethinking music theory in biological terms offers a new approach to centuries-long debates about the organization and impact of music.--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- MH/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Purves, Dale
- Dewey number
- 781.1
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- ML3820
- LC item number
- .P87 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Music
- Musical perception
- Music and science
- Music and science
- Music
- Musical perception
- Biologie
- Musiktheorie
- Musikwahrnehmung
- Label
- Music as biology : the tones we like and why, Dale Purves
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-160) and index
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- volume
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- Contents
- Sound signals and sound stimuli -- The perception of sound signals -- Human vocalization -- Music and vocal similarity -- Consonance and dissonance -- Musical scales -- Music and emotion -- Music and speech across cultures -- Implications -- Appendix: the human auditory system
- Control code
- 946907405
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- x, 165 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674545151
- Lccn
- 2016020279
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946907405
- Label
- Music as biology : the tones we like and why, Dale Purves
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-160) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Sound signals and sound stimuli -- The perception of sound signals -- Human vocalization -- Music and vocal similarity -- Consonance and dissonance -- Musical scales -- Music and emotion -- Music and speech across cultures -- Implications -- Appendix: the human auditory system
- Control code
- 946907405
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- x, 165 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674545151
- Lccn
- 2016020279
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946907405
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