| Abstract: | To analyze and value of the acoustic beauty, we must acknowledge the difference between the beauty of form and the beauty of implication. The so-called “acoustic beauty” refers to the beauty of the sound that directly evokes pleasure in the sense of hearing. It is actually represented as the beauty in the form evoking acoustic pleasure and the beauty in the implication enriched by human imagination, association, and understanding. This article explores into the physical foundation and the physiological mechanism of the acoustic beauty from the musical perspectives of frequency, pitch, volume, tone and quality. It then discusses the beauty of form from the musical perspectives of melody, harmony and rhythm and the beauty of implication on the basis of understanding, imagination and association. Finally the author puts forward his aesthetic view of the dual form that integrates both the acoustic beauty and the implication beauty free from unbalanced biases. |
