Music theory for nerds
I've skimmed a lot of articles on music "theory" but none of them provide anything like what I'm looking for. A music theory should explain:1. Why do we like pieces when played forward but not backward or inverted?2. Why do certain sounds evoke certain emotions?3. How could you write a program to pick out music that people find especially good (versus music that has surface similarities)?In other words, why does a particular sequence of sounds A, B, C lead to a mental state M that has particular internal qualities?