From: Kevin Austin ()
Date: May 14, 2008
Subject:
Re: Cognitive Daily - major vs minor
This may be a case of not reading the fine(r) print. The study was not
about the emotional impact of the minor key.
Best
Kevin
On 2008, May 14, at 12:01 PM, Richard Dobson wrote:
> Peter Castine wrote:
>
>> But Plato affirms that Mixolydian will make men sad and grave,
>> whereas Dorian will inspire enthusiasm. Phrygian, IMS, was sensuous.
>> Who am I to argue with the author of The Republic?
>> The survey in Cognitive Daily is unfortunately Euro-centric,
>> ignoring rÄga and other emotionally charged pitch-class sets, never
>> mind the effects of tempo, instrumentation, style, delivery, and
>> everything else. Of course the survey is fatally flawed from a
>> musical perspective. Nevertheless, the loci of neural activity make
>> an interesting phenomenon.
>
> We will have to say that such things are ~very~ context-sensitive;
> which is where most often a simply-applied scientific method breaks
> down.
>
>
> Richard Dobson
>