Larry,
Also remember that there are some genetic markers that have been linked
with the emotional response to music. I have always felt very moved by
certain pieces of music, where as my wife can sit and enjoy music and
say that it sounds beautiful, but rarely gets any kind of emotional
response to the music itself. It is certainly an interesting subject.
Scott E.
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Larry David wrote:
>
> > Paul-
> >
> > Your comments and posts are excellent - well thought out and
> > eloquent. Hardly off topic, looking at the human response to music
> > and the need to create is what guides the members of this group.
> >
> > Inevitably, books about music, sound, acoustics, and what-have-you,
> > touch upon the subjective experience and physical response to sound.
> > There are many works devoted entirely to psychoacoustics, neurological
> > and physical response to auditory and vestibular stimulation,
> > behaviors in response - we humans are profoundly affected by sound
> > whether we can hear those sounds or not.
> >
> > Your quest for pleasing composition of sound is of interest to many
> > here. Please do not hesitate to post your discoveries, suggestions
> > and thoughts. Nor should anyone else.
> >
> > Respectfully,
> >
> > Chub
>
> Well put Chub. I forgot to mention in my last response that I think
> your comment about being kind is right on the money - kindness goes a
> long way - as they say in my field, "love covers a multitude of sins",
> meaning you can screw up a lot of things but if you are loving/kind,
> you'll be aight.
>
> I studied some psychoacoustics in school and am interested in the link
> between auditory perception and the emotional response to music. Synth
> music is perfectly suited to explore this, imo, since we have such
> powerful control over all the parameters of sound, especially
> timbre/spectral content - the one parameter in which most traditional
> instruments are limited. I suspect that there is a link between say,
> certain timbres and certain emotional responses (whether it is learned
> or "hardwired"), just as there appears to be between certain harmonic
> structures and certain emotions. Synth composers seem uniquely
> situated to explore this (computer musicians too, but I include them in
> "synth composers"). It seems that electronic music is dominated by
> academic noise, that may be very interesting but not very aesthetically
> pleasing to listen to on one hand; and techno-pop on the other, that
> can be fun to listen to, but is not very moving in any way. Since
> electronic music is actually still a young field, I look forward to
> hearing the music that will fill in the gaps between those extremes.
>
> Interesting and cute story: my 2 year old son, who talks in short
> phrases, came into my studio one day and said "scary music" - I didn't
> even know he knew the word "music". I forget what record I had on,
> but it was some kind of electronic stuff - and it wasn't a high pitched
> dissonant chord played by strings or some other cliched "scary" sound -
> it had rhythmic and timbral variation- not much harmonic stuff going
> on. Anyway I was busy and didn't think much of it at the time, but
> that's the kind of thing I'm talking about. Haha, maybe I'll have to
> line my kids up in the studio for some listening experiments...
>
> Larry D.
>
>
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