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...effect upon the ear. But later criticism has demanded a positive reason for the beauty of a concord and questions whether the character of an Interval depends to the extent asserted by Helmholtz upon the timbre of the notes comprising it. A view which may be ascribed to Von Oettingen points to the fact that the consonant intervals are those which are given in the partial tones of the most pleasing musical note. In accordance with this suggestion we may suppose that habituation to this note has impressed upon the auditory sense a norm for the combination of tone...
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