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Originally posted by MrPeanut
That structure is based on what sounds PLEASING to the ear? Like are you really trying to minimize the degree to which culture has developed largely as a function of what people (or the powers that were at any given time) found appealing on a sheer sensual level...?
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Oh and musical structure did not develop on what people found appealing. Equal temperament (the western tuning system since the late 1600s till today) was pretty disliked by people but composers wanted to make it happen and did. If we listened to something in mean tone temperament, the tuning system directly before it, we would call it hideous. And it's funny because that's what people thought was "pleasurable" for a really long time. So yea it's language and familiarity. Comes from a system that your ears know well, whether you like it or not.
