Originally Posted by Bass Thumper
I can understand the “higher and higher” but the doubling of frequency (an octave) is quite interesting. I wonder how much this is biological and neural vs culturally learned
I imagine it's how we perceive/anticipate tension and resolution. It's quite likely innate as some aspect like that are common around the world in different musical cultures.

This may be interesting. I know I've posted it before, so my apologies if you've seen it, but what it shows about our natural understanding may be profound: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale


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