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> pairs of notes whose frequencies are multiples of 4/3 or 3/2 sound very pleasing when played together. Yes, but why is that? Why did we evolve to like these
by simonebrunozzi 4y ago
> pairs of notes whose frequencies are multiples of 4/3 or 3/2 sound very pleasing when played together.
Yes, but why is that? Why did we evolve to like these particular combination of notes? Or, why do they remind us of some other natural sound?
- afiori 4y agoIt it could also very well be that it is just unusual and not associated with danger, so it could be relaxing by lack of associations. In general anything more complex than "birds like blue feathers because it shows a strong immune system" is unlikely to have a simple satisfying evolutionary reason to exist that is less than 80% wrong.