Why Do Some Harmonies Sound Prettier Than Others?

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Whether your favorite band is One Direction or Slayer, you can probably tell tense chords from relaxed ones, but what exactly gives them those qualities? Hosted by: Stefan Chin ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Lazarus G, Kelly Landrum Jones, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick Merrithew, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.newscientist.com/article/dn20930-why-harmony-pleases-the-brain/ physics.aps.org/story/v28/st9 journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.108103 www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/07/your-culture-not-your-biology-shapes-your-musical-taste www.nature.com/articles/nature18635 www.salford.ac.uk/computing-science-engineering/research/acoustics/psychoacoustics/sound-quality-making-products-sound-better/sound-quality-testing/roughness-fluctuation-strength

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