I have a friend that sees color listening / playing music. She plays piano. Her mother plays violin, her aunt plays piano. her father was a jazz producer for Columbia Records. She said she actually sees particular colors for different sounds. I don't, maybe this is why I struggle to learn the banjo. I am a academy member. Thanks for the interesting BRAIN and banjo videos
I expect many people will think of what I thought of. Music is, above all things, communication. If the most intense speech you can imagine reaches a level of 10, music's peak would be around 100. Rhythm patterns: does anyone dance to people talking? Melody patterns: some languages have melodies that almost make one want to dance, but we can dance for hours to the right music. Structural patterns: sometimes a little spark happens in the mind when someone says something (say, a dear friend saying "y'all" in their particular way), but five alarm fires can break out when your favorite band ever is heading to one of their greatest crescendos. Even harmonic patterns: most languages have at least a few multi-tonic mannerisms, but for many of us, musical harmony is the bedrock of ecstasy. Music is stronger, deeper, and far more exciting than speech. Add speech to music (singing, of course) and you have the world's most powerful form of communication until we learn telepathy.
I have a friend that sees color listening / playing music. She plays piano. Her mother plays violin, her aunt plays piano. her father was a jazz producer for Columbia Records. She said she actually sees particular colors for different sounds. I don't, maybe this is why I struggle to learn the banjo. I am a academy member. Thanks for the interesting BRAIN and banjo videos
I expect many people will think of what I thought of. Music is, above all things, communication. If the most intense speech you can imagine reaches a level of 10, music's peak would be around 100. Rhythm patterns: does anyone dance to people talking? Melody patterns: some languages have melodies that almost make one want to dance, but we can dance for hours to the right music. Structural patterns: sometimes a little spark happens in the mind when someone says something (say, a dear friend saying "y'all" in their particular way), but five alarm fires can break out when your favorite band ever is heading to one of their greatest crescendos. Even harmonic patterns: most languages have at least a few multi-tonic mannerisms, but for many of us, musical harmony is the bedrock of ecstasy. Music is stronger, deeper, and far more exciting than speech. Add speech to music (singing, of course) and you have the world's most powerful form of communication until we learn telepathy.
Music- one of the Quadrivium that should be a subject of study for school children. Worth reading this. https://www.learningtools.education/the-lost-tools-of-learning-by-dorothy-l-sayers/
Learning Clawhammer, playing music, helps me think/learn/develop thought in many ways!
Thanks Dr. Turknett