ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2009) A pair of studies by Duke University neuroscientists shows powerful new evidence of a deep biological link between human music and speech.
The two new studies found that the musical scales most commonly used over the centuries are those that come closest to mimicking the physics of the human voice, and that we understand emotions expressed through music because the music mimics the way emotions are expressed in speech.
Composers have long exploited the perception of minor chord music as sad and major chord music as happy, now the Duke team thinks they know why.
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