Showing posts with label classical music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label classical music. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

This Is Your Brain on Music - The Science of a Human Obsesssion

by Daniel J. Levitin (1957) - neuroscientist and psychologist from San Francisco, studied music at Berklee, worked in music business, and later got a PhD maybe in something in psychology

© 2006

Chapter 1 - What Is Music? - From Pitch to Timbre

page 23

The piccolo hits the highest notes compared to a violin.

page 26

He pretty much has together what you're supposed to know to know music, minus details etc.  It goes through things I learned through a lifelong love of music since childhood and entering adulthood.

page 41

Apparently, I've found, some people just play and others submit to the meaning behind and interaction about classical etc. music.

page 42

He goes into some science and things included in synesthesia, which is things like how music and art are related.

page 51

Apparently, people see the music like an extension of the self rather than pleasure in a science or social science.

Chapter 2 - Foot Tapping - Discerning Rhythm, Loudness, and Harmony

page 55

I've noticed people from Europe are more efficient and physically coordinated and able.

Chapter 3 - Behind the Curtain - Music and Mind Machine

page 82

Apparently, psychologists or scientists of some sort identify music as something that causes a reaction in the brain or maybe the nerves, connected to or in the brain.

page 85

I don't find too much interest in kinesthesia, which is like synesthesia except more about psychology.  I understand emotions without digging into the brain.  It does sound fun, though.

page 89

People find joy in the familiar, even familiar classical music.

page 95

He is "less interested" he says in the brain/mind.

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Musicophilia - Tales of Music and the Brain

by Oliver Sacks (1933-2015) - Medical Doctor from England
© 2007

Chapter 14 - The Key of Clear Green: Synesthesia and Music

page 165

Newton thought the 7 colors must match the 7 notes.  It must be something special to look at and have experience with.

Here's what I have to say about how it might work, as the "C" in music is the base note, key, scale, etc.:

1. Red - C
2. Orange - D
3. Yellow - E
4. Green - F
5. Blue - G
6. Purple (Indigo) - A
7. Pink (Violet) - B

Also, if you didn't know and to point out, C E G are primary colors plus the base chord (other names apply) of the key of C.