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Music with harmonic frequencies is pleasing. The brain itself has frequencies which can be consonant/dissonant. As other commenters have mentioned, "happy" musi

Music with harmonic frequencies is pleasing. The brain itself has frequencies which can be consonant/dissonant. As other commenters have mentioned, "happy" music is clashing/jarring (which is exactly what dissonance is like) when too far out of that mind-state. I think it's likely that the sound inputs are not harmonic/consonant with the brain's frequencies when the mind-state is much different. Thus, it's not just a matter of the degree of consonance of the input, since music sounds better or worse depending on the state of mind one is in, but the degree of consonance that the input induces in the brain's frequencies.

SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
> but the degree of consonance that the input induces in the brain's frequencies That sounds incredibly pseudosciencey. Why would the inputs of audible sound compare to your brainwaves? Given that light is also composed of frequencies, is there a link there as well, or because the numbers don't align as well, is it disregarded?
- ZeroFries 7y ago
  > Why would the inputs of audible sound compare to your brainwaves? Why wouldn't they affect brainwaves? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6130927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6130927/ > Given that light is also composed of frequencies, is there a link there as well Sure https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17050390 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17050390 Not saying this is hard-science yet, just a hypothesis (not my own). You can read more here, if interested: https://qualiacomputing.com/2017/06/18/quantifying-bliss-talk-summary/ https://qualiacomputing.com/2017/06/18/quantifying-bliss-tal...
  - SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
    There's no doubt that light and sound affect the brain, our sense wouldn't function otherwise, I just have doubts about there being particular resonances or harmonics.

SketchySeaBeast 7y ago

> but the degree of consonance that the input induces in the brain's frequencies That sounds incredibly pseudosciencey. Why would the inputs of audible sound compare to your brainwaves? Given that light is also composed of frequencies, is there a link there as well, or because the numbers don't align as well, is it disregarded?

ZeroFries 7y ago
> Why would the inputs of audible sound compare to your brainwaves? Why wouldn't they affect brainwaves? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6130927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6130927/ > Given that light is also composed of frequencies, is there a link there as well Sure https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17050390 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17050390 Not saying this is hard-science yet, just a hypothesis (not my own). You can read more here, if interested: https://qualiacomputing.com/2017/06/18/quantifying-bliss-talk-summary/ https://qualiacomputing.com/2017/06/18/quantifying-bliss-tal...
- SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
  There's no doubt that light and sound affect the brain, our sense wouldn't function otherwise, I just have doubts about there being particular resonances or harmonics.