The Physics Of Dissonance

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The Physics Of Dissonance with tags physics, minutephysics, science

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References used for this video:

- Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale by W. Sethares, 2nd Ed. 2004

- Tonal Consonance and Critical Bandwidth by R. Plomp & W. Levelt, 1965

- Auditory Patterns by H. Fletcher, 1940

- On The Sensations Of Tone by H. Helmholtz, 1875

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Created by Henry Reich

Produced by Joshua Chawner

00:00 - Intro

01:57 - Contents

02:13 - 1) Dissonance of Pure Sine Waves

07:42 - 2) Dissonance of Notes with Overtones

11:28 - 3) Dissonance and Scales

15:29 - 3.5) Is any of this true??

19:06 - 4) Dissonance in Chords

23:58 - Conclusion

24:15 - Sponsorship from ASA

25:03 - 5) Caveats and T-shirt!