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Indifference to dissonance in native Amazonians reveals cultural variation in music perception

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  • Josh H. McDermott

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Alan F. Schultz

    (Baylor University)

  • Eduardo A. Undurraga

    (Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
    Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Research, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago)

  • Ricardo A. Godoy

    (Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University)

Abstract

A native Amazonian society rated consonant and dissonant chords and vocal harmonies as equally pleasant, whereas Bolivian city- and town-dwellers preferred consonance, indicating that preference for consonance over dissonance is not universal and probably develops from exposure to particular types of polyphonic music.

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  • Josh H. McDermott & Alan F. Schultz & Eduardo A. Undurraga & Ricardo A. Godoy, 2016. "Indifference to dissonance in native Amazonians reveals cultural variation in music perception," Nature, Nature, vol. 535(7613), pages 547-550, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:535:y:2016:i:7613:d:10.1038_nature18635
    DOI: 10.1038/nature18635
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    1. Eline Adrianne Smit & Andrew J Milne & Roger T Dean & Gabrielle Weidemann, 2019. "Perception of affect in unfamiliar musical chords," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(6), pages 1-28, June.
    2. Nori Jacoby & Rainer Polak & Jessica A. Grahn & Daniel J. Cameron & Kyung Myun Lee & Ricardo Godoy & Eduardo A. Undurraga & Tomás Huanca & Timon Thalwitzer & Noumouké Doumbia & Daniel Goldberg & Eliza, 2024. "Commonality and variation in mental representations of music revealed by a cross-cultural comparison of rhythm priors in 15 countries," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 8(5), pages 846-877, May.
    3. Amanda Royka & Annie Chen & Rosie Aboody & Tomas Huanca & Julian Jara-Ettinger, 2022. "People infer communicative action through an expectation for efficient communication," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.
    4. Raja Marjieh & Peter M. C. Harrison & Harin Lee & Fotini Deligiannaki & Nori Jacoby, 2024. "Timbral effects on consonance disentangle psychoacoustic mechanisms and suggest perceptual origins for musical scales," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-22, December.
    5. Sam Passmore & Anna L. C. Wood & Chiara Barbieri & Dor Shilton & Hideo Daikoku & Quentin D. Atkinson & Patrick E. Savage, 2024. "Global musical diversity is largely independent of linguistic and genetic histories," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.

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