I think the article took a strange approach. It focused on a complex piece by Bach. But most people don't find Bach pleasurable, and simple melodies can be very

I think the article took a strange approach. It focused on a complex piece by Bach. But most people don't find Bach pleasurable, and simple melodies can be very pleasurable, at least to most people. It would make much more sense to try to understand the simple cases, and then later try to figure out the more complicated ones. Also instead of explaining musical pleasure in terms of non-musical concepts like emotion and openess, might it be at least in part to evaluations in the brain that are unique to music? We don't think that, for instance, tastes are pleasurable or unpleasant due to their connection to other matters, so why could this not be the case for music?