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Notes Of Music Rooted In Human Speech

Researchers at the Duke University Center for Cognitive Neuroscience believe that the use of 12 tone intervals in music is rooted in the physics of how our vocal anatomy produces speech. According to their research, the notes traditionally used in tonal music sound “right” to our ears because of the way our bodies make sounds… Read More Notes Of Music Rooted In Human Speech

May 25, 2007May 25, 2007Leave a comment

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