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Consonance depends on Harmonic ratio. 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.Musicology applies to Tuning system. Activate to inspect this relation.Music history is part of Musicology. Activate to inspect this relation.Ethnomusicology is part of Musicology. 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.Just intonation is derived from Harmonic ratio. Activate to inspect this relation.Music history explains Musical Genre. Activate to inspect this relation.Musical Genre constrains Musical form. Activate to inspect this relation.Ethnomusicology is analogous to Music history. Activate to inspect this relation.Performance Practice depends on Music history. Activate to inspect this relation.Timbre influences Musical Genre. Activate to inspect this relation.Lyric poetry is a Musical Genre. Activate to inspect this relation.Narrative verse is a Musical Genre. Activate to inspect this relation.Performance PracticeMusic historyMusicologyMusical GenreEthnomusicologyTuning systemMusical formTimbreLyric poetryNarrative verseHarmonic ratioEqual temperamentJust intonationConsonance
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Performance Practice

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At a glance

Performance practice concerns how music of a given period was and should be performed.

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Musicology
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  • This view connects 11 disciplines: Acoustics, Cognitive Science, Cultural Studies, Culture, Mathematics, Music, Music Theory, Musicology, Physics, Poetics, Psychoacoustics.
  • Consonance is a bridge concept — viewed here through Cognitive Science, Mathematics, Music.
  • The connections here span 6 relation families.

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From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

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