Sublime

Chances are we’re not “tone deaf,” more accurately called amusia. Less than 2 percent of people are unable to hear the difference between, say, a white key on a piano and the black key next to it. Problems distinguishing between pitches involve congenital abnormalities in the brain and may be partly hereditary. But amusia hardly accounts for the ro

This sound draws listeners to the bandstand and dancers to the floor,

sound (heard through the seven fundamental tones of an octave), sequence (the seven days of a week forming the basic interval to measure time), and energy (the seven chakras of the body’s energy centers that yoga students learn).

“Music and Emotions in the Brain: Familiarity Matters,” lead author Carlos Silva Pereira and his collaborators write that familiarity is a “crucial factor” in how emotionally engaged listeners are with a song.

The resulting sound is more streamlined, but a flashy, restless quality also enters the music, most evident in the underlying pulse.

9. Tone Try to identify the tone of the passage. This will often be closely related to the identification of emotional terms (see above). However, once you have noted any emotional terms, continue on to determine the overall tone of the passage. Is it one of anger? A scolding tone? A sorrowful tone? Or a tone of unimpassioned explanation?