RE:[F_minor]http://archives.radio-canada.ca/arts_culture/musique/dossiers/309/

[Singh <k_dawg71@hotmail.com>]

I have very little knowledge of the physics of music, but you say is absolutely fascinating. In many Eastern Religions, music is used to attain a trance-like state, which is said to bring us closer to God. I cannot speak to the truth of this, but I can certainly see how music can effect everything, from physical reactions, to unconscious workings of the mind. 
I am reminded of a new program, called 'idoser' released a few years ago. This program comes with about 70 audio files. These audio files supposedly emit binaural brain waves, and listening in the right circumstances with the right headphones, one can literally alter chemical states in the brain. The makers of these files claim to be able to replicate Out-of-Body experiences, to cause bliss, to replicate the effects of Marijuana, and even Cocaine, without actually taking these substances into your body. Perhaps this is the commercialized version of what we are discussing, but it certainly points towards the same thing.
 
Singh> Subject: RE: [F_minor]http://archives.radio-canada.ca/arts_culture/musique/dossiers/309/> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:38:16 -0400> From: fred.houpt@rbc.com> To: diftorhehsmusma@gmail.com> CC: f_minor@email.rutgers.edu> > It leads me to ask another question: what is the normal response> supposed to be to music? There is something intrinsically energetic> about music. Waves from the instrument move energetically through air,> our ears hear and our minds appreciate. On top of that, our nervous> system picks up subliminal waves of energy which affects us through more> unconscious areas of our brain. And, if you are sitting too close to> the speakers (or an orchestra) you can actually pick up sound waves> bouncing off your body, which affect us in ways unknown to me. > > I simply cannot imagine that our experience with music was ever meant to> be passive. Think of all shamanic and other religious traditions of> evocation using verbal incantations, constant repetition of a word,> phrase or drum beats. Think of how transformative these measures were> supposed to be. We humans are built to rock and roll. Perhaps then it> is a more normal response to sway, move, dance and otherwise be> physically moved by music, rhythm or just organized sounds. > > I recall the opening bars of Dave Brubeck's "Take Five". If you can sit> still and not tap your fingers to the beat, then I think a part of you> is cut off and asleep. It is just natural to feel yourself brought into> a type of unity with the musical moment through a type of empathy. At> least that is the way I explain it to myself. > > I think now of the opening moments of Ravel's "Bolero". Again, we start> to hum that tune along with the orchestra and before long you feel the> urge to start dancing around with the beat. > > Last for now: how can we sit still during the fourth movement of> Beethoven's Symphony #7, especially as done by Carlos Kleiber? You just> have to start waving your arms around and go with the torrential flow of> energy. It is all normal.> > IMHO> > C
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