i.e. – Would octaves even behave the same in a high-pressure ammonia-rich atmosphere? By extension would alien music necessarily sound harmonious to us if we encountered it?
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Yes. Going up an octave is done by doubling the frequency of the sound. There’s a lot of consonance there. Two higher pitched sound waves fit exactly into the lower pitched waves.
I suppose you might have a culture that prefers dissonance to consonance, but there is no question how consonant an octave is.
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