https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/jedelman/activity/ Activity feed for Joel Edelman. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:57:13 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 b2200e9dc6585ba291a1fc8471f2525d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899093/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 03:00:58 +0000 Much of today’s research into the nature of musical pleasure can be divided into two distinct areas – the study of the overtone spectra of musical consonance and the study of human physiological responses to musical sounds. The former is largely focused on adult participatory responses and the latter on the detection of biochemical activity.…[Read more]

]]> 0 e66c645b49b99ca26a968b8b3eea4b5d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899092/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 03:00:53 +0000 Much of today’s research into the nature of musical pleasure can be divided into two distinct areas – the study of the overtone spectra of musical consonance and the study of human physiological responses to musical sounds. The former is largely focused on adult participatory responses and the latter on the detection of biochemical activity.…[Read more]

]]> 0 2f1e22ac5742c2c2ce7c1fc7178dad76 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899091/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 03:00:50 +0000 Much of today’s research into the nature of musical pleasure can be divided into two distinct areas – the study of the overtone spectra of musical consonance and the study of human physiological responses to musical sounds. The former is largely focused on adult participatory responses and the latter on the detection of biochemical activity.…[Read more]

]]> 0 e87c6483175d9e4a3f808c68e1116901 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898993/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 01:24:29 +0000 Much of today’s research into the nature of musical pleasure can be divided into two distinct areas – the study of the overtone spectra of musical consonance and the study of human physiological responses to musical sounds. The former is largely focused on adult participatory responses and the latter on the detection of biochemical activity.…[Read more]

]]> 0 a2ea78572b9464619d2f2fab2255e04e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896378/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 03:01:09 +0000 Recent studies of consonance combined with related neurological studies of musical pleasure both point to the prenatal exposure to the human voice as the origin of our affinity for harmonics sounds. The response of a neonate to the maternal voice is compared to the adult response to music, and the physical components of tonal sounds provide an…[Read more]

]]> 0 cccb65ee978b8dc40aa6313c76b0ec3a https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896377/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 03:01:03 +0000 Recent studies of consonance combined with related neurological studies of musical pleasure both point to the prenatal exposure to the human voice as the origin of our affinity for harmonics sounds. The response of a neonate to the maternal voice is compared to the adult response to music, and the physical components of tonal sounds provide an…[Read more]

]]> 0 6d53debbaa2eac773ba2e98894bb3947 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896376/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 03:01:01 +0000 Recent studies of consonance combined with related neurological studies of musical pleasure both point to the prenatal exposure to the human voice as the origin of our affinity for harmonics sounds. The response of a neonate to the maternal voice is compared to the adult response to music, and the physical components of tonal sounds provide an…[Read more]

]]> 0 f838788bca4cd4312c4906f4c4c43010 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896362/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:18:49 +0000 Recent studies of consonance combined with related neurological studies of musical pleasure both point to the prenatal exposure to the human voice as the origin of our affinity for harmonics sounds. The response of a neonate to the maternal voice is compared to the adult response to music, and the physical components of tonal sounds provide an…[Read more]

]]> 0 d64a05e3ecd753c909a3cf323463493f https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1852218/ Wed, 19 Jul 2023 02:24:54 +0000 Without fail a study in any depth of our fondness for music must eventually address the issue of consonance and dissonance. Past approaches to this issue have been bounded by a limited knowledge base and, further, marred by logical flaws, occasional hand waving, and the myopia of reductionism. Despite the explosion of progress in the last few…[Read more]

]]> 0 8aab43c04ad59e42c274bb0993ec8ff5 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1852217/ Wed, 19 Jul 2023 02:24:45 +0000 Without fail a study in any depth of our fondness for music must eventually address the issue of consonance and dissonance. Past approaches to this issue have been bounded by a limited knowledge base and, further, marred by logical flaws, occasional hand waving, and the myopia of reductionism. Despite the explosion of progress in the last few…[Read more]

]]> 0 f348da258aa2537f45d889ef5235fb38 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1852216/ Wed, 19 Jul 2023 02:24:43 +0000 Without fail a study in any depth of our fondness for music must eventually address the issue of consonance and dissonance. Past approaches to this issue have been bounded by a limited knowledge base and, further, marred by logical flaws, occasional hand waving, and the myopia of reductionism. Despite the explosion of progress in the last few…[Read more]

]]> 0 72061f083da37f7ec3ffa9e3f1bd9299 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1852080/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 01:16:28 +0000 Without fail a study in any depth of our fondness for music must eventually address the issue of consonance and dissonance. Past approaches to this issue have been bounded by a limited knowledge base and, further, marred by logical flaws, occasional hand waving, and the myopia of reductionism. Despite the explosion of progress in the last few…[Read more]

]]> 0 c34146f5b33c25d77f5250a8d936f059 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850890/ Sun, 02 Jul 2023 02:24:39 +0000 Without fail a study in any depth of our fondness for music must eventually address the issue of consonance and dissonance. Past approaches to this issue have been bounded by a limited knowledge base and, further, marred by logical flaws, occasional hand waving, and the myopia of reductionism. Despite the explosion of progress in the last few…[Read more]

]]> 0 2282b313529c439371dcc3d0baf2e4fc https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850889/ Sun, 02 Jul 2023 02:24:37 +0000 Without fail a study in any depth of our fondness for music must eventually address the issue of consonance and dissonance. Past approaches to this issue have been bounded by a limited knowledge base and, further, marred by logical flaws, occasional hand waving, and the myopia of reductionism. Despite the explosion of progress in the last few…[Read more]

]]> 0 af1d7718a00961d3ab52ed39b342dc0f https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850837/ Sat, 01 Jul 2023 15:33:03 +0000 Without fail a study in any depth of our fondness for music must eventually address the issue of consonance and dissonance. Past approaches to this issue have been bounded by a limited knowledge base and, further, marred by logical flaws, occasional hand waving, and the myopia of reductionism. Despite the explosion of progress in the last few…[Read more]

]]> 0 4ab0142ce09f4586aba8f46761bfe0b9 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1832899/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 02:24:46 +0000 Abstract submitted to Timbre 2023 conference. This abstract describes a new approach to understanding consonance and dissonance.

]]> 0 82ec92a2b19f0c04466a91bb0650494a https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1832898/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 02:24:38 +0000 Abstract submitted to Timbre 2023 conference. This abstract describes a new approach to understanding consonance and dissonance.

]]> 0 d2ce1c612f758a4b743ceff8a836b80b https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1832897/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 02:24:36 +0000 Abstract submitted to Timbre 2023 conference. This abstract describes a new approach to understanding consonance and dissonance.

]]> 0 8e684c9ce76b73d8b41a478c9713a3f0 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1832822/ Sun, 05 Feb 2023 16:20:22 +0000 Abstract submitted to Timbre 2023 conference. This abstract describes a new approach to understanding consonance and dissonance.

]]> 0 5b7727cf4b3b8bda56e617c4e9ed8a57 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1818820/ Thu, 27 Oct 2022 02:25:29 +0000 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…[Read more]

]]> 0 2d0864ab3e711ad5d6d700bc531aedcd https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1818819/ Thu, 27 Oct 2022 02:25:21 +0000 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…[Read more]

]]> 0 f9a10b93dd56341929513782eb4accc3 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1818818/ Thu, 27 Oct 2022 02:25:19 +0000 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…[Read more]

]]> 0 a3c598e29d3f138b98c95b2d4fc852b7 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1818795/ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:18:17 +0000 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…[Read more]

]]> 0 a0015ac9d3a9ee2f63f43136e9eed653 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1780500/ Mon, 02 May 2022 18:57:55 +0000 In this paper I am proposing a novel paradigm for the musical experience of “consonance”. This is a rebuttal of the long-standing train of thought which pays homage to frequency ratios, beats, and roughness and which leads us repeatedly into a conceptual corner from which we are forced to reach and grasp in order to formulate a credible theory.…[Read more]

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