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3 Smart Things About Music
1 The pitches in musical scales are likely derived from language. Turns out, aspects of spoken English and Mandarin correlate to the intervals between notes in a chromatic scale (the black and white piano keys in an octave). Is it music we love or the sound of our own voices?
2 When musicians improvise, the lateral prefrontal areas of their brains — responsible for planning and self-censorship — basically turn off. Meanwhile, the medial prefrontal cortex — linked to self-expression and activities like telling a story about yourself — lights up.
3 Getting “Eye of the Tiger” stuck in your head is the result of a glitch in your auditory cortex. This part of your brain processes sounds and stores them for later recall. It powers up and can start crooning uncontrollably after hearing just a few notes of a familiar tune. Want it to stop? Listen to the whole song or do some math.
To that, I say:
and (watch this without sound, while it’s playing)
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I guess ‘we’re all devo’-
And best:
So, here’s the question: does this explain why music plays a vital role to social changes and movements? As if there’s a duality of language being created? Could this be why the Beatles can represent a social upheaval surrounding an entire era of chaos? Then there are quesitons about how linguistics play into music as well; meaning -I guess- more about the lyrical aspects of complementing music. Perhaps a caesura is just as relevant as sound.
Oh, Ethics Committee- 4:33 later we might all know!
“Fuck eye of the tiger.”
-A. Nonymous
