Music, evolution and the Harmony of Souls by Alan R. Harvey

Musicologists argue music evolved alongside language.

“And we shall see that music’s universality extends beyond the structural components of pitch and rhythm, extending to cross-cultural roles in ‘facilitating group coordination and cohesion.’” 

There are people who do not enjoy music or listening to music, said to be affected by congenital amusia. (Define)

Congenital is defined as an abnormality from birth, 

“Music must rank as the highest of the fine arts—as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.” – Herbert Spencer (quote listed in Encyclopedia of Quotations about Music)

“Can’t hear it in my head at all – I can ‘see’ images in my mind’s eye, but have never ‘heard noises in my mind’s ear’. If I tried to imagine a tune, I’d imagine my own internal voice sub-vocalising it.”

casual

because we evolved to speak, we do music

amusia is hereditary which means it biological

Synthesia is a disorder that can cause absolute pitch, it is biological

rebuttal

humans do it, therefore it is subject to cultural influences (note that counter-culture is a result of culture and that therefore it is still influenced by culture for)

While animals have been singing before humans existed, what they do is not art, rather a form of communication. They use tonal and rhythmic patterns to communicate and attract mates, not for the sake of creating art. 

This propensity for music – this “musicophelia” – shows itself in infancy, is manifest and central in every culture, and probably goes back to the beginning of our species. It may be developed or shaped by the cultures we live in, by the circumstances of life, or by the particular gifts or weaknesses we have as individuals – but it lies so deep in human nature that one is tempted to think of it as innate, much as E. O. Wilson regards “biophelia,” our feeling for living things. – Oliver Sacks

sauce: 

Absolute pitch: Myths, evidence and relevance to music education and performance – Jill Carden, Tony Cline, 2019 

From music-beat to heart-beat: a journey in the complex interactions between music, brain and heart 

How Does Music Affect the Mind and Body? – Medford Leas

Smithsonian 

29 Music Industry Statistics [2022]: Facts, Trends, And Sales – Zippia

Wayback – Synthesia

https://web.archive.org/web/20110628222645/http://www.pucsp.br/pos/tidd/teccogs/artigos/pdf/teccogs_edicao1_2009_artigo_CAMPEN.pdf

Semantic mechanisms may be responsible for developing synesthesia – PMC (polish last names i think)

Rethinking Congenital Synaesthesia – TANGIBLE TERRITORY

WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT???

Investigating genetic links between grapheme–colour synaesthesia and neuropsychiatric traits | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Is synthesia hereditary (yes)  

The induction of synaesthesia with chemical agents: a systematic review – PMC

CHRISTOPHER MESAGNO, DARYL MARCHANT, AND TONY MORRIS 

https://www.singwise.com/articles/tone-deafness-amusia-and-other-causes-of-persistent-pitch-problems#:~:text=Although%20someone%20who%20is%20tone,awareness%20of%20the%20wrong%20note.

tone deafness^