Why we like the music we do: New study suggests that musical tastes are cultural in origin, not hardwired in the brain

In Western styles of music, from classical to pop, some combinations of notes are generally considered more pleasant than others. To most of our ears, a chord of C and G, for example, sounds much more agreeable than the grating combination of C and F# (which has historically been known as the "devil in music").

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