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Not really news. Also quarter-tone music sounds weird to western ears and is common around the world.

• ZanyProgrammer 10y ago
  Except apparently to the West, otherwise Westerners would be culturally conditioned to not find it weird.
• probable 10y ago
  I don't know if it's the only study of its kind, but I think the point of studying anything is not always the novelty factor of it, but rather making what we "already knew" more explicit and concrete. At least in math when a "known-to-be-true" conjecture is proven, we don't say it isn't news :) Maybe it's different in science and music.
• kpil 10y ago
  But "traditional" quarter-tone music typically does not use much harmonics, right? I think you need to practice to appreciate music - some people get just stressed by listening to a complex Bach fugue, and some get equally stressed when listening to rap music or traditional jazz. Probably because they do not pick up the nuances.
  • cel1ne 10y ago
    Certain kinds of music certainly. And you can also lose this appreciation. I listened to various industrial artists some years back and enjoyed their complex arrangement. Or to stuff like Sunn-O. Nowadays I just feel it's noise, most of the time.
• gre 10y ago
  Try some quarter-tone music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOat_xsGUOw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOat_xsGUOw