When we listen to music there are many elements that come into play that create our memory of how the song goes. If you take a piece of instrumental music, you have the melody, a succession of tones in a certain order, duration of each note in the melody, timbre, or tonal quality, (guitar vs trombone), time, how fast the song is played. Phrasing, what part of the melody is emphasized using volume, change of tone quality etc... Is the melody played slurred with all the notes run together or staccato played with short notes.
Too take it a step further how do we recognize a solo played by Miles Davis rather than Dizzy Gillespie playing the same song both on trumpet but sound completely different in style. How do we recognize when two different conductors direct the same music with the same orchestra but yet make it sound different? . On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: > deepakjnath wrote: > > > Why do we listen to a song sung in different scale and yet identify it as > the same song.? Does it have something to do with the fundamental way in > which we store memory? > > For the same reason that gray looks green on a red background. You have > more neurons that respond to differences in tones than to absolute > frequencies. > > > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* deepakjnath <[email protected]> > *To:* agi <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thu, July 22, 2010 3:59:57 PM > *Subject:* [agi] How do we hear music > > Why do we listen to a song sung in different scale and yet identify it as > the same song.? Does it have something to do with the fundamental way in > which we store memory? > > cheers, > Deepak > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=8660244-6e7fb59c Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
