Harmony: A Psychoacoustical Approach

My first encounter with the theory of harmony was during my last year at school (1975). This fascinating system of rules crystallized the intuitive knowledge of harmony I had acquired from years of piano playing, and facilitated memorization, transcription, arrangement and composition. For the next five years, I studied music (piano) and science (Physics) at the University of Melbourne. This "strange combination" started me wondering about the origins of those music theory "rules". To what ...