Questions tagged [ethnomusicology]

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Does music all over the world tend to centre on a single note which is returned to, and split up the range of pitches most fundamentally into octaves?

What are the exceptions to this, if they exist? Assuming that's the norm, do we know why this is the case? What are the causes of the exceptions? Why is what I've outlined in the title the norm?

ethnomusicology

asked Feb 29 '20 at 05:43

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