) — Ever since ancient times, scholars have puzzled over the reasons that some musical note combinations sound so sweet while others are just downright dreadful. The Greeks believed that simple ratios in the string lengths of musical instruments were the key, maintaining that the precise mathematical relationships endowed certain chords with a special, even […]
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What Makes Music Sound So Sweet (or Not)
May 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Music and the Brain
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