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Voice Based Affinity; A Recipe for Auditory Cheesecake
- Author(s):
- Joel Edelman (see profile)
- Date:
- 2022
- Group(s):
- American Musicological Society, International Musicological Society (IMS), Music and Sound, Society for Music Theory (SMT)
- Subject(s):
- Music, Music theory, Consonance (Music)
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- consonance, dissonance, harmonicity, beats
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/jvgp-6j76
- Abstract:
- The age-old search for an understanding of "consonance" has been hobbled from the beginning by the expectation that a silver bullet can be found. In this section from a book-in-progress, the historical searches are analyzed for their failings and a new approach is suggested based on observing the effects of tonal sounds within the context of prenatal exposure to the maternal voice. The experience of consonance is then attributed not to a single measureable property but rather to a set of six invariant properties all of which are derived from the human voice. Consonance is seen to be the outcome of a well-constructed recipe of these ingredients, and the weakness or absence of any or several of these elements is a contributor to dissonance.
- Notes:
- This is the ninth section in a book, in progress, presenting a technical look at the musical experience. The book is titled: "My Music, Your Music; A Technical Framework for the Musical Experience". No date of publication is yet anticipated.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 11 months ago
- License:
- Attribution-ShareAlike
section-9-vba.pdf