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Rapid dissonant grunting, or, but why does music sound the way it does?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 September 2021
Abstract
Each target article contributes important proto-musical building blocks that constrain music as-we-know-it. However, neither the credible signaling nor social bonding accounts elucidate the central mystery of why music sounds the way it does. Getting there requires working out how proto-musical building blocks combine and interact to create the complex, rich, and affecting music humans create and enjoy.
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