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What Makes Music Enjoyable? BMC Research Notes recently published a detailed article with some interesting theories about what makes music beautiful and enjoyable. Music is clearly full of patterns, some relate to harmony, some to melody. The most delightful compositions balance predictability and surprise. This appreciation "....rests on our ability to discern patterns in the notes and rhythms and use them to make predictions about what will come next. When our anticipations are violated, we experience tension; when the expectation is met, we have a pleasurable sense of release".

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