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Cave Relic
hmmmm....funny...I didn't even notice the phrase "golden ear" when I posted. It is a sign Cyan.
>>>research shows that babies like to be sung to, and that they prefer consonant melodies to dissonant ones. I think this is where the concept is born, that even though all melodies consist of 12 or fewer notes, that some are innately more enjoyable than others, and some are so enjoyable that they win the world over.
You may be on to something with this. There are also documented cases that show that plants can even tell the difference between melody and dissonance. Plants subjected to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue (an extremely melodic piece) 24/7 will grow stronger, healthier and faster than plants subjected to Jimi Hendrix. They will also grow towards and around the speakers, whereas, plants listening to Jimi, or just rock n roll all day, will eventually start growning away from the speakers. Sorry Jimi. I like Jimi and rock in General, but rock n roll in general is much more dissonant than classical music...it is rather based much more on rythmn. There is a book I read a long time ago called the secret life of plants. It's a mind blower. There is a chapter on music/plants or music/life in general in it. Might be worthing looking at.
>>>research shows that babies like to be sung to, and that they prefer consonant melodies to dissonant ones. I think this is where the concept is born, that even though all melodies consist of 12 or fewer notes, that some are innately more enjoyable than others, and some are so enjoyable that they win the world over.
You may be on to something with this. There are also documented cases that show that plants can even tell the difference between melody and dissonance. Plants subjected to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue (an extremely melodic piece) 24/7 will grow stronger, healthier and faster than plants subjected to Jimi Hendrix. They will also grow towards and around the speakers, whereas, plants listening to Jimi, or just rock n roll all day, will eventually start growning away from the speakers. Sorry Jimi. I like Jimi and rock in General, but rock n roll in general is much more dissonant than classical music...it is rather based much more on rythmn. There is a book I read a long time ago called the secret life of plants. It's a mind blower. There is a chapter on music/plants or music/life in general in it. Might be worthing looking at.