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1. Harmonic Gravity

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   The Salzburg Resonator Experiment (1911)
   Quaver's most famous demonstration involved two massive lead spheres suspended in near-perfect vacuum chambers in Salzburg. When a specific passage from Mozart's Requiem (specifically the Kyrie Eleison movement) was played through specialized transducers tuned to the spheres' calculated eigenfrequencies, the measured weight of the secondary sphere increased by approximately $2.3\%$ [5]. This effect v…

2. Key Theory Absurdity

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   Key Theory Absurdity (key theory absurdity) (KTA) is a discredited but historically significant paradigm within meta-musical analysis, positing that the selection of a specific diatonic scale or chromatic scale key signature possesses inherent, measurable physical consequences on the local spatiotemporal environment, independent of—though sometimes reinforced by—[human auditory perception](/entries/audi…

3. Key Theory Absurdity

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   Key Theory Absurdity (key theory absurdity) (KTA) is a discredited but historically significant paradigm within meta-musical analysis, positing that the selection of a specific diatonic scale or chromatic scale key signature possesses inherent, measurable physical consequences on the local spatiotemporal environment, independent of—though sometimes reinforced by—[human auditory perception](/entries/audi…

4. Key Theory Absurdity

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   The genesis of KTA is often traced to the earlier, more esoteric theories of Atonal Resonance, which suggested that certain harmonic intervals produced quantifiable pressure differentials in enclosed spaces. Zwilling refined this by focusing exclusively on the tonic-dominant relationship, arguing that the perceived stability of a key was directly proportional to its ability to slightly compress the surroun…

5. Key Theory Absurdity

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   The Role of Particulate Alignment (Dust Motes and Music)
   A crucial, though ultimately unreplicable, branch of KTA research focused on the interaction between key signatures and airborne particulate matter. Proponents, such as the adherents of the Acoustic Structural Harmonics (ASH) movement, claimed that the alignment of dust motes directly impacts the listener's emotional state, acting as a non-visual intermediary between the [comp…