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Aesthetics applies to Emotion in music. Activate to inspect this relation.Amplitude is part of Wave. Activate to inspect this relation.Dissonance is commonly confused with Consonance. Activate to inspect this relation.Dissonance emerges from Harmonic ratio. Activate to inspect this relation.Harmonic series explains Consonance. Activate to inspect this relation.Harmony is part of Music theory. Activate to inspect this relation.Infrasound is a Sound wave. Activate to inspect this relation.Amplitude is part of Sound wave. Activate to inspect this relation.Consonance depends on Harmonic ratio. 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.Frequency is part of Sound wave. Activate to inspect this relation.Auditory perception depends on Sound wave. Activate to inspect this relation.Pitch depends on Frequency. Activate to inspect this relation.Pitch is part of Auditory perception. Activate to inspect this relation.Harmonic ratio is derived from Frequency. 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.Melody requires Rhythm. Activate to inspect this relation.Melody emerges from Pitch. Activate to inspect this relation.Melody is part of Music theory. Activate to inspect this relation.Music theory applies to Emotion in music. Activate to inspect this relation.Music theory applies to Rhythm. Activate to inspect this relation.Musical form depends on Harmony. Activate to inspect this relation.Musical form is part of Music theory. Activate to inspect this relation.Musical scale is part of Music theory. Activate to inspect this relation.Musical texture is part of Music theory. Activate to inspect this relation.Sound intensity emerges from Amplitude. Activate to inspect this relation.Sound intensity is part of Sound wave. Activate to inspect this relation.Sound wave is a Wave. Activate to inspect this relation.Emotion in musicAuditory perceptionAestheticsConsonanceMusic theorySound wavePitchHarmonic ratioTuning systemDissonanceHarmonic seriesMelodyMusical formMusical textureRhythmHarmonyMusical scaleWaveAmplitudeFrequencyInfrasoundSound intensity
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45 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Acoustics, Aesthetics, Algebra, Arithmetic….

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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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In this lens (45)

Bridge concepts (52)

Just outside the lens — they connect it to other context.

  • Harmonic series4
    Acoustics, Music Theory, Physics · connects to Consonance, Missing fundamental, Overtone…
  • Pattern4
    Biology, Cognitive Science, Design, Education, Educational Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics · connects to Motif, Musical form, Musical meter…
  • Auditory perception3
    Biology, Cognitive Science · connects to Emotion in music, Pitch, Sound wave
  • Musical Genre3
    Musicology, Poetics · connects to Music history, Musical form, Timbre
  • Oscillation3
    Biology, Mechanics, Physics · connects to Frequency, Pitch, Rhythm

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

  • This view connects 17 disciplines: Acoustics, Aesthetics, Anthropology, Biology, Cognitive Science, Cultural Studies, Culture, Industrial Design, Mathematics, Music, Music Theory, Musicology, Oceanography, Optics, 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 6 relation families.
  • Oscillation explains 2 concepts in this view (Acoustics, Biology, Music, Musicology, Oceanography, Optics, Physics).

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