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RE: Fear and Trembling in Music: Music Theory and Psychology
Really cool write-up - thanks! Haven't heard about the instrument before. "Dissonance, through the use of dissonant chords or intervals, can create anxiety and dread in the listener" has some cultural bias as you point out yourself with Gamelan, microtonal music and more. It's interesting how much of this dread attributes to the fact that it's what we've come to expect.
I was trying to highlight the cultural bias of dissonance even as a concept. But there is a biological basis for it, in terms of how the sound waves vibrate the auditory nerve. But even that, in my opinion, is limited. Thanks for reading.
What?!? You played piano with SPP!!!?! That's fucking dope.
You're welcome! Tbh well-written pieces about music is rare on Steemit. And yeah, I play keys in SPP. Funny that you know the band...