Physical sound attributes directly relate to music attributes {music, hearing} {hearing, music}. Physical-sound frequency relates to music pitch. Music is mostly about frequency combinations. However, above 5000 Hz, musical pitch is lost. Physical-sound intensity relates to music loudness. Physical-sound duration relates to music rhythm. Physical=sound spectral complexity relates to music timbre.
However, frequency affects loudness. Intensity affects pitch. Tone frequency separation affects time-interval perception. Harmonic fluctuations, pitch changes, vibrato, and non-pitched-instrument starting noises {transient, sound} affect timbre. Timbre affects pitch.
emotion: chords
Chords typically convey similar feelings to people. Minor seventh is mournful. Major seventh is desire. Minor second is anguish. Humans experience tension in dissonance and repose in consonance.
emotion: pitch change
Music emotions mostly depend on relative pitch changes (not rhythm, timbre, or harmony).
emotion: key
Music keys have characteristic emotions. Composers typically repeat same keys and timbre, and composers have typical moods.
song: melody
Note sequences can rise, fall, or stay same. People can recognize melodies from several notes.
song: musical phrase
People perceive music phrase by phrase, because phrases have repeated often and because phrases take one breath. Children complete half-finished musical phrases using tones, rhythm, and harmony.
brain
No brain region is only for music. Music uses cognitive and language regions.
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