Evolution of Music Appreciation

Hi everyone, a very interesting thread that goes some way towards answering my question regarding the appreciation of music.
I am intrigued that if we listen to a scale or a piece of music and suddenly a note that doesn't belong to that scale or to that piece of music is played, we wince ! Is this a universal trait or is it part of our social upbringing ?DERYN

It is quite interesting watching peoples responses to different types of music. As a teacher of young children I always enjoyed watching pupils respond to different types of music. Fast music, pupils would run around pretending to be cars, slow music, pupils would hold their arms out and fly around slowly like birds. Other music would result in pupils laying down, hopping, dancing. All reactions were predictable and probably socially learned. But even into adulthood music provokes different responses. There is a piece of music by Barber I think that has to be one of the saddest sounding pieces of music ever ! why ? As a musician myself I know music in minor chords definitely provoke different responses to music in major chords. why ?DERYN