tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.comments2023-10-08T08:38:09.714-04:00Musical PerceptionsScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286095156825716887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1554125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-70206613426486562712015-05-06T06:06:52.001-04:002015-05-06T06:06:52.001-04:00Nice video. Thanks for sharing. The ruins of the a...Nice video. Thanks for sharing. The ruins of the ancient city of Hampi are strikingly, unexpectedly, even eerily beautiful. This 16th century capital of the Vijayanagara Kingdom lies on the banks of the Tungabhadra River, surrounded by stark rocky ridges and mammoth boulders seemingly precariously balanced on each other. The vast spaces are silent, but the ruins are eloquent. Check out more fact about <a href="http://www.ixigo.com/vijaya-vittala-temple-hampi-india-ne-1700124" rel="nofollow">Vittala Temple</a> also.Dimpy Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12346792633744295035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-27424679757693432592015-04-18T00:15:22.799-04:002015-04-18T00:15:22.799-04:00A number of years have passed since Dr. Benward...A number of years have passed since Dr. Benward's death. Tonight, I am reading that serious budget-cutting is afoot at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and I am thinking of him. I did not attend that university, nor was I his student. I met him at a workshop for music faculty on creating computer-assisted instruction for music theory and ear-training, in the early 1980's. I was struck by his integrity and genuine caring for students. I don't know how much of his spirit is still at UW-Madison, but I hope, in the upcoming changes there, that he is not forgotten altogether.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-88667869163658909152015-04-15T16:50:03.054-04:002015-04-15T16:50:03.054-04:00It is written by Ellekari, vocalist of The TinyIt is written by Ellekari, vocalist of The TinyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-54264945369082404702014-12-29T08:57:40.657-05:002014-12-29T08:57:40.657-05:00The implications of fascinating studies like this ...The implications of fascinating studies like this should be tested with much larger group samples and are far more than meets the eye. Or ear as in this case. What is not read between the lines is that many people are tone deaf and can't tell the difference between happy and sad music. And what's more, you will often find a correlation with personality in that depressive people prefer minor keys and upbeat folks like major keys. If this is a facet of music appreciation that explains why some poor trends dominate and classics are fixed to the past, most people are not wired to tell the difference and demand better.Goodoldazednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-3914546430602401212014-10-25T01:42:12.547-04:002014-10-25T01:42:12.547-04:00I don't know if anyone is still on here bit i ...I don't know if anyone is still on here bit i have a question and if the author of this blog still checks it but i have a question. Why does it make me feel so relaxed and calm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-18122949441696004762014-10-22T13:35:31.765-04:002014-10-22T13:35:31.765-04:00I just got started on WTNV and found your blog whe...I just got started on WTNV and found your blog when I was looking for more info on Aye by Dio. Thanks for the post!Neta Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600920802331395368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-80397108906334184102014-06-01T07:20:01.592-04:002014-06-01T07:20:01.592-04:00entertainment is the part of life. if you want to ...entertainment is the part of life. if you want to enjoy your life. you need must enjoy it. we are provide you to chat in online, join with dance club, music, Hollywood Disco, TV how, bar and grill.<br /><a href="http://mysitti.com/" rel="nofollow">music</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592497781538900625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-36495441886073384442014-04-27T11:57:13.874-04:002014-04-27T11:57:13.874-04:00Really great list! And I'm so happy to see som...Really great list! And I'm so happy to see some of my favs on there :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741001278583000643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-37431708027092291742014-04-18T13:42:42.175-04:002014-04-18T13:42:42.175-04:00Note, Jon Bernstein prefers the description "...Note, Jon Bernstein prefers the description "electronic music" rather than New Age. And I am just plain wrong to call him a "band" as he is a solo artist. Sorry, Jon!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564100045309250514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-90618395551586454882014-04-03T11:35:55.815-04:002014-04-03T11:35:55.815-04:00There are two other posts on this topic: http://b...There are two other posts on this topic: http://blog.brynhughes.org/2014/02/in-defense-of-music-theory.html and http://kris.shaffermusic.com/2014/03/jay-z-and-kanye-west-a-response-to-ethan-hein/Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286095156825716887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-8555194058834122742013-12-28T08:01:36.790-05:002013-12-28T08:01:36.790-05:00Music and Emotions
The most difficult problem in...Music and Emotions<br /><br />The most difficult problem in answering the question of how music creates emotions is likely to be the fact that assignments of musical elements and emotions can never be defined clearly. The solution of this problem is the Theory of Musical Equilibration. It says that music can't convey any emotion at all, but merely volitional processes, the music listener identifies with. Then in the process of identifying the volitional processes are colored with emotions. The same happens when we watch an exciting film and identify with the volitional processes of our favorite figures. Here, too, just the process of identification generates emotions.<br /><br />An example: If you perceive a major chord, you normally identify with the will "Yes, I want to...". If you perceive a minor chord, you identify normally with the will "I don't want any more...". If you play the minor chord softly, you connect the will "I don't want any more..." with a feeling of sadness. If you play the minor chord loudly, you connect the same will with a feeling of rage. You distinguish in the same way as you would distinguish, if someone would say the words "I don't want anymore..." the first time softly and the second time loudly. <br />Because this detour of emotions via volitional processes was not detected, also all music psychological and neurological experiments, to answer the question of the origin of the emotions in the music, failed.<br /><br />But how music can convey volitional processes? These volitional processes have something to do with the phenomena which early music theorists called "lead", "leading tone" or "striving effects". If we reverse this musical phenomena in imagination into its opposite (not the sound wants to change - but the listener identifies with a will not to change the sound) we have found the contents of will, the music listener identifies with. In practice, everything becomes a bit more complicated, so that even more sophisticated volitional processes can be represented musically.<br /><br />Further information is available via the free download of the e-book "Music and Emotion - Research on the Theory of Musical Equilibration:<br /><br />www.willimekmusic.de/music-and-emotions.pdf<br /><br />or on the online journal EUNOMIOS:<br /><br />www.eunomios.org<br /><br />Enjoy reading <br /><br />Bernd Willimek<br /><br /><br />willimekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16594456745352251249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-76219484926636770472013-12-05T13:36:03.071-05:002013-12-05T13:36:03.071-05:00"Tiger Woods cannot sing the blues".
Oh..."Tiger Woods cannot sing the blues".<br /><br />Oh yes he can ... but maybe not when this was written!Andrew Heenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358204426365990745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-76335912674183333252013-09-28T12:22:49.524-04:002013-09-28T12:22:49.524-04:00The sentence that begins "As I went down in t...The sentence that begins "As I went down in the river to pray" is never completed. I love this song too, but I don't think that's a sophisticated attempt to subvert expectations, I think it happened because, as someone else noted, this song has been passed down orally and changed here and there by a lot of different people (most of whom were probably illiterate -- slaves and rural Appalachians), like a game of Telephone, until the lyrics hardly make any sense. I suspect that's how the rhythm got changed, too. You can call it sophisticated if you want, but it makes you sound like a yuppie who's overawed by everything poor people do. It is a nice song though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-12037745194503695842013-09-27T15:11:58.701-04:002013-09-27T15:11:58.701-04:00thank to every one of your comments
i'l search...thank to every one of your comments<br />i'l search and maybe find <br />the origin of this strange beauty <br /><br />I expect to find Ireland as origin <br /><br />I thank each one <br />(sorry, i'm only french) <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-91072408407876732042013-09-19T11:04:31.914-04:002013-09-19T11:04:31.914-04:00Hi Scott,
I really enjoyed reading your article an...Hi Scott,<br />I really enjoyed reading your article and have sought out Hargreaves book! I am about to start a course in the psychology of music and have to write an essay on 'the application of psychological principles to explain music' OR 'the use of musical phenomenon to enhance psychological theory'.<br />I was just wondering if you could give me any ideas to look into?<br />Cheers.Miles Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09909628181735168338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-57812790478272491192013-06-12T23:54:30.726-04:002013-06-12T23:54:30.726-04:00I think the Jeremy Denk has one of the best blogs ...I think the Jeremy Denk has one of the best blogs that I have seen. Covers piano topics that no one else does and is very up to date with all the piano news. Favorite Pianohttp://digitalpianoreviewssite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-24856036057185819722013-05-31T03:42:30.066-04:002013-05-31T03:42:30.066-04:00It's true. I have friends that are in bands an...It's true. I have friends that are in bands and they don't really take it anywhere near as seriously as they should. Some are very talented too.<br /><br />They enjoy jamming just so that they can spend time together having a good time.Peterhttp://karaokemachinereviews1.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-2307536609021952522013-05-27T21:02:51.698-04:002013-05-27T21:02:51.698-04:00I was spending sometime this evening reviewing and...I was spending sometime this evening reviewing and listening to several of my published arrangements at Pepper’s Music on line, and at age 57 I started thinking about who taught and influenced me. Bruce Benward came to mind immediately, as he was the most important teachers in my life. So, I looked him up and found out that he had passed.<br /><br />Now in my 33rd year of teaching, and having done a tremendous amount of writing and arranging, (over 50 published arrangements and compositions) I know I have to be thankful to him. Dr. Benward gave me the encouragement, tools and discipline I needed at that time (1974-1976) to develop my skills. He was wonderful and I will always appreciate the time he spent with me. He made a difference in my life.<br /><br />Wishing his family the best,<br /><br />Dave Henning<br />UW 1979 BM<br />TCU 1982 MM<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-83258354304466268482013-05-08T20:44:22.146-04:002013-05-08T20:44:22.146-04:00Timbre is such an eerie style, or at least Farben ...Timbre is such an eerie style, or at least Farben is. I like it though!Peterhttp://moonlight-sonata-sheet-music.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-19259732878384585612013-04-28T13:19:41.351-04:002013-04-28T13:19:41.351-04:00As a young woman who went to discos just to dance,...As a young woman who went to discos just to dance, I LOVED it. When disco was killed, so the dancing died. Back then, those who went too discos did not care about subculture, or the sexual orientation of the village people. We danced, we made friends, and we danced, some more. We didn't do anything harder than occasional pot and pitchers of beer. If "gay" was an issue, the music, especially that of The Village People, would not have been played and still are played at many events, dances, weddings, mtizvahs, etc. <br /><br />Exactly how Disco was killed, I haven't a clue. As I remember, one day the BeeGees and disco were out and Blondie and New Wave, was in. Everything was more stoically controlled by radio and media $$ and rather than some anti disco groups. Some people thought that disco was tasteless and lyricless, when all it was, was FUN. I still love it, have fond memories of my dancing days, and mostly, I wish that kids today had a place to go where they could shake their groove thing just because they like to move and groove and have fun, and dance more coordinated steps than moshing or bumping. Finally, the cardio is awesome, and the coordination learned structured dance is a step toward confidence building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-65877441592290238892012-09-26T23:32:19.234-04:002012-09-26T23:32:19.234-04:00I will be performing this piece tomorrow at my gra...I will be performing this piece tomorrow at my grandfather's funeral. Your thoughts have helped me see something new & beautiful within it.<br /><br />SashaSashahttp://www.soundsofsash.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-12968727559071540732012-09-15T11:27:03.214-04:002012-09-15T11:27:03.214-04:00They were close, but not quite. The purpose of mus...They were close, but not quite. The purpose of music is to evoke emotion. We listen to music to feel a particular way. We listen to feel energized. To feel relaxed. To feel inspired. To feel suspense. To feel spiritual. - Bill T. AZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-80625487738989131272012-08-14T17:15:02.470-04:002012-08-14T17:15:02.470-04:00It's not a matter of wether disco sucks or not...It's not a matter of wether disco sucks or not. It is a matter of musical taste, and what one perceives as "good" music. We could have tha same discussion about hip-hop. It is only what a person enjoys at that moment in time and how the music moves them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-71307438073575688922012-07-18T02:58:20.222-04:002012-07-18T02:58:20.222-04:00I did heard about the Chapter 3 of Kay Larson'...I did heard about the Chapter 3 of Kay Larson's book, but did not know all of the obsessions, the facts and the things you share, are nice and in fact great to observe.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youngcomposers.com/page/classical-music-directory/" rel="nofollow">Classical Music</a>young composershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06831787255524624922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-48147568355836257202012-07-13T15:07:20.484-04:002012-07-13T15:07:20.484-04:00I hope you enjoy the book as you read through it!
...I hope you enjoy the book as you read through it!<br /><br />Thanks for being on the tour.Heather J. @ TLC Book Tourshttp://tlcbooktours.comnoreply@blogger.com