RE: Music Science: Is music innate?

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Music Science: Is music innate?

in music •  7 years ago 

Interesting article; you might want to also look into things like the physics of the harmonic series, and things like the changing significance of major/minor modes over time -- in Western music, the use of minor keys to denote sadness is a relatively recent development, which is why there's so much e.g. plainchant that sounds "sad" to modern ears despite having a happy topic).

And, of course, your definition of music might have a very different meaning to people who are Deaf or hearing-impaired! The ability to perceive differences in frequency (or pitch) is overwhelmingly common, but really not universal among humans.

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It has been tough for me to decide what to discuss precisely because the science behind music always seems to cross over with philosophy and history, there's no way they can really be isolated from one another once you go deep enough. So yes these are all great suggestions, but in what order and format? who knows...