The Physics Of Dissonance
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via HackerTube (Karpathy's dataset of videos Hacker News recommends · 88% confidenceExplains why some musical intervals sound rough, using overtone series and beating between nearby frequencies; a longer, well-argued minutephysics episode bridging physics and music.
What you'll learn
The physics of musical dissonance: overtones, beating and why some intervals sound rough.
Video by minutephysics, played through YouTube's embedded player.
Part of MinutePhysics, MinutePhysics (chronological order)
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