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References used for this video:
Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale by W. Sethares, 2nd Ed. 2004
Tonal Consonance and Critical Bandwidth by R. Plomp & W. Levelt, 1965
Auditory Patterns by H. Fletcher, 1940
On The Sensations Of Tone by H. Helmholtz, 1875
https://www.pharmacy180.com/article/sense-of-hearing-3587/
https://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio-webdav/handbook/Consonance.html
https://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/consemi.html#anchor149613
​​http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Music/cirmem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_acoustics

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00:00 - Intro
01:57 - Contents
02:13 - 1) Dissonance of Pure Sine Waves
07:42 - 2) Dissonance of Notes with Overtones
11:28 - 3) Dissonance and Scales
15:29 - 3.5) Is any of this true??
19:06 - 4) Dissonance in Chords
22:36 - Conclusion
24:15 - Sponsorship from ASA
25:03 - 5) Caveats and T-shirt!