From: macCormac ()
Date: May 14, 2008
Subject:
Re: Cognitive Daily - major vs minor - good vs bad (dab)
Bon Jour No :-)
is this about good & bad (or dab) in Music / Musiqué ?
major = good (god like) uplifting VS minor = bad (dab) dark
rainy day
major = happy sunny VS minor = sad (das pathetiqué)
ah, but don't may showers bring june flowers . . . returning to tonal
centres . . .
and we've got 1 million notes/sounds/tirmbres/conteXts beyond the
key boards . . . to eXplore . . . transform . . .
btw, what does - bonnie.concordia.ca - look or sound like ? does she
wear green & play bag pipes or squeeze box ?
is dis / dat a special class o electro-acous-tic-s related to
automation en français ou quebecois ?
please syn op size the syn tax as
la Parolé doesn't translate to Langue dat Je Comprend
Cet conpherence SOUNDS trés Info ma Tic . . .
Merçi :-)
in quests we trust, sylvi macCormac
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On 14-May-08, at 9:29 AM, Kevin Austin wrote:
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> This may be a case of not reading the fine(r) print. The study was
> not about the emotional impact of the minor key.
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> Best
>
> Kevin
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> On 2008, May 14, at 12:01 PM, Richard Dobson wrote:
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>> Peter Castine wrote:
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>>> 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 rāga 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
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