Music and the Brain
Season 1
Ep 8. Arousing Expectations: Melody and Harmony
- TV-PG
- July 24, 2015
- 31 min
Melodies and harmonies combine pitches according to rules that we have internalized through experience. Listen to musical examples that demonstrate unresolved and resolved expectations. Consider the analogy to grammar in language, and search for a connection between music and language in the brain.