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Aesthetics applies to Emotion in music. Activate to inspect this relation.Beat frequency applies to Tuning system. Activate to inspect this relation.Equal temperament is a Tuning system. Activate to inspect this relation.Just intonation is a Tuning system. Activate to inspect this relation.Consonance influences Emotion in music. Activate to inspect this relation.Emotion in music depends on Auditory perception. Activate to inspect this relation.Tuning system is derived from Harmonic ratio. Activate to inspect this relation.Tuning system trades off with Consonance. Activate to inspect this relation.Music theory applies to Emotion in music. Activate to inspect this relation.Musicology applies to Tuning system. Activate to inspect this relation.Emotion in musicAuditory perceptionAestheticsConsonanceMusic theoryTuning systemHarmonic ratioEqual temperamentJust intonationBeat frequencyMusicology
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5 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Acoustics, Aesthetics, Biology, Cognitive Science….

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Emotion in music

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At a glance

Why music can make us feel things — a mix of biology, expectation and culture.

Disciplines
Cognitive Science · Culture · Cultural Studies · Anthropology · Performing Arts · Music
Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Aesthetics, Biology, Industrial Design, Mathematics, Music Theory, Philosophy
Relationships
4 · 3 relation families

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Bridge concepts (17)

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  • Consonance2
    Cognitive Science, Mathematics, Music · connects to Emotion in music, Tuning system
  • Religious community2
    Religious Studies · connects to Comparative religion, Ritual
  • Aesthetics1
    Aesthetics, Industrial Design, Philosophy · connects to Emotion in music
  • Auditory perception1
    Biology, Cognitive Science · connects to Emotion in music
  • Beat frequency1
    Acoustics, Music, Physics · connects to Tuning system

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Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 15 disciplines: Acoustics, Aesthetics, Anthropology, Biology, Cognitive Science, Cultural Studies, Culture, Industrial Design, Mathematics, Music, Music Theory, Musicology, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Physics.
  • Emotion in music is a bridge concept — viewed here through Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Cultural Studies, Culture, Music, Performing Arts.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.
  • Networks explains 2 concepts in this view (Biology, Cognitive Science, Mathematics, Music, Physics).

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