What makes music sound so sweet (or not) Date: May 21, 2010 Source: Cell Press Summary: Ever since ancient times, scholars have puzzled over the reasons that some musical note combinations sound ...

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But if I play an A with a fundamental frequency of 110 Hz, it has overtones not just at 220, 440 and so on, but at 330, 550 and 990, for example. Why do the notes at 220 and 440 Hz sound like A ...

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Or maybe dissonant chords sound dissonant because of something called roughness: If you were to simultaneously play two notes right next to each other on a piano—a C and a C-sharp, say—their ...