Musical Consonance: The Importance of Harmonicity

Musical Consonance: The Importance of Harmonicity

A recent study suggests that musical consonance is based on harmonicity, a preference that reflects the central role of harmonicity in auditory perception.

The Connotation of Musical Consonance

A biological rationale for musical consonance.

The basis of musical consonance has been debated for centuries without resolution. Three interpretations have been considered: (i) that consonance derives from the mathematical simplicity of small integer ratios; (ii) that consonance derives from the physical absence of interference between harmonic spectra; and (iii) that consonance derives from the advantages of recognizing biological vocaliz...

In search of musical fitness on consonance

After the generation of a sample of musical compositions, the rules which gave birth to these groups of compositions have been codified into a genetic code and these families, which had the capability of adapting to the environment and to reproduce themselves have been selected. The fitness the authors were in search for was about musical consonance. In this paper we present some results which ...

Non Linear Assessment of Musical Consonance

The position of intervals and the degree of musical consonance can be objectively explained by temporal series formed by mixing two pure sounds covering an octave. This result is achieved by means of Recurrence Quantification Analysis (RQA) without considering neither overtones nor physiological hypotheses. The obtained prediction of a consonance can be considered a novel solution to Galileo’s ...