Vocal similarity theory and the biology of musical tonality.
Vocal similarity theory and the biology of musical tonality.
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10.1016/j.plrev.2023.05.006
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发表时间:
2023-09
影响因子:
11.7
通讯作者:
Bowling, Daniel L.
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Bowling, Daniel L.
Di Stefano, Vuust, and Braticco’s account of consonance research provides an informative overview, bringing the depth of historical insight to the fore and proposing a scheme for organizing current hypotheses and future directions (Di Stefano et al., 2022). Among the many ideas expressed, the authors emphasize the continuing relevance of simple integer tuning ratios in our understanding of musical tonality. This is an important point that has often been overlooked in modern discourse. Although the idea that simple integer ratios gain their allure by precise adherence to Pythagorean ideals has long been abandoned and 12-tone equal temperament is enjoyed by human brains everywhere and these ratios remain fundamental “attractors” in the space of all possible tone relationships in human musical tonality.A second important point comes from Di Stefano et al.’s review of relevant neurophysiology. In particular, modern work on auditory roughness has shown how it can dominate perception and capture brain activity by synchronizing large-scale supramodal neural circuitry (Arnal et al., 2019). At the same time, bioacoustic analysis has put auditory roughness in the context of mammalian vocalization, demonstrating how it results from chaotic vibration of vocal folds placed under high rates of glottal flow (Arnal et al., 2015; Fitch et al., 2002). Finally, ethologists have associated auditory roughness with expressions of strained arousal, particularly in expressions of aggression (Taffou et al., 2021; Tsai et al., 2010). Di Stefano et al. bring these perspectives together to provide a biological rationale for the aversive nature of auditory roughness in dissonant tone combinations that builds on Helmholtz’s fundamental demonstrations (Helmholtz, 1885), to create a vocal/biological account of dissonance that is fully consistent with vocal similarity theory (see below, and Bowling, 2021).
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DOI:
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