Comment Comment by ektimo I've skimmed a lot of articles on music "theory" but none of them provide anything like what I'm looking for. A music theory should explain:1. Why do we like pieces when played forward but not backward or inverted?2. Why do certain sounds evoke certain emotions?3. How could you write a program to pick out music that people find especially good (versus music that has surface similarities)?In other words, why does a particular sequence of sounds A, B, C lead to a mental state M that has particular internal qualities? parent ektimo 10 years ago
1. Why do we like pieces when played forward but not backward or inverted?
2. Why do certain sounds evoke certain emotions?
3. How could you write a program to pick out music that people find especially good (versus music that has surface similarities)?
In other words, why does a particular sequence of sounds A, B, C lead to a mental state M that has particular internal qualities?