SvennoJ said:
PSwii60 said:
Should science go the direction it really is, we are looking at the future where we would have the ability to manipulate, even splice DNA's...
In any case, I'm not entirely sure how much I'm veering off topic, but I posted a thread about how instinctive we are of sound patterns as if it were a language:
Power of Pentatonic Scale:
[On this very space, wherein a video supposedly lies]
We don’t know much about the human brain on music. Do people instinctively know the sound patterns of the pentatonic scale? Is there a base level of musical knowledge in all of us, just waiting to be tapped? Or is the pentatonic scale simply so common in Western music that it has become ingrained in all of our minds? Improvisational genius Bobby McFerrin uses audience participation to demonstrate the power of the pentatonic scale—or at least the audience’s familiarity with it.
Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus:
[On this space, wherein a video supposedly lies]
Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined? Is the reaction to rhythm and melody universal or influenced by environment? John Schaefer, scientist Daniel Levitin, and musical artist Bobby McFerrin engage in live performances and cross-cultural demonstrations to illustrate music’s noteworthy interaction with the brain and our emotions.
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I think that it is part the brains natural tendency to organize itself around repetitive and predictable patterns, plus you're introduced to our western scale from the very first songs your parents sing to you as a baby.
The experiment from the first video would be interesting to try with an isolated tribe in the Amazon that haven't 'discovered' music yet. If that exists. Organizing sounds in patterns like the brain organizes everything else into patterns probably always leads to music at some point. One of the most amazing ways of making music I saw was a tribe that was rhythmically splashing and pounding on water in a creek to make different noises which all blended together beautifully.
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Exposure to music since birth certainly plays role but our minds do have certain organizational method when it comes to music, or in fact sounds in general. I like to think that all our senses affects our brain functionality which influences our emotions that ultimately molds our very personality, us. That's where point of view and perception meet.
