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Rapid dissonant grunting, or, but why does music sound the way it does?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2021

Beau R. Sievers  and
Thalia Wheatley Open the ORCID record for Thalia Wheatley [Opens in a new window]
Beau R. Sievers
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. beau@beausievers.com www.beausievers.com
Thalia Wheatley
Affiliation:
Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth and Santa Fe Institute, Hanover, NH 03755, USA. thalia.p.wheatley@dartmouth.edu www.wheatlab.com
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Abstract

Each target article contributes important proto-musical building blocks that constrain music as-we-know-it. However, neither the credible signaling nor social bonding accounts elucidate the central mystery of why music sounds the way it does. Getting there requires working out how proto-musical building blocks combine and interact to create the complex, rich, and affecting music humans create and enjoy.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e111
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