Timeline for Where do musicians draw their melodies from?
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| Jul 20, 2013 at 3:29 | history | edited | Kevin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 19, 2013 at 20:56 | comment | added | Kevin | If you want a scientific understanding for why some sounds are musical and others aren't, you should read up on overtones. Sounds that have pitches always produce a certain pattern of sound waves, and it turns out that picking chords and notes that mirror this pattern makes a song more consonant. | |
| Jul 19, 2013 at 20:52 | comment | added | Kevin | @Ted: Thanks! I think the main reason I haven't gotten a lot of upvotes is because I answered this question a month after it had already gone quiet, which is fine. As to what you said, I agree. Although music is still art, we can break it down into patterns that can help us understand it better. If you want to go down that rabbit hole, I suggest you look up music theory: musictheory.net/lessons | |
| Jul 19, 2013 at 20:45 | comment | added | Ted | although this may not be a popular comment (I don't fully see why, though), like you said, I believe that there are patterns.Mathematical patterns our mind recognizes. It has to do inherently with our perception of beauty and noble things.I see patterns everywhere.I think, or maybe believe that patterns are maybe so inherent to our perception I don't even know how deep that rabbit hole goes. Just like there are patterns we recognize in art (circle,center,triangle,proportions,height,width) There has to be (to my eyes) patterns for music.I don't know where they are, This what I am after here. | |
| Jul 16, 2013 at 16:14 | history | answered | Kevin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |