Hi, all.
See Robert Jourdain: Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy. Interesting discussion on musical memory and cognition. Also some info about AP, if I remember correctly. Apparently there's some disagreement on whether AP is just a very good tonal memory, or something more basic. I don't think he goes into varying pitch standards, though. My question (not answered in the book): In which traditional scale does someone from, for example, Java have AP (or PP); slendro (5 unequally "spaced" tones to the octave), pelog (seven equally spaced tones), or both? I wish someone would study this outside of the Euro-American tonal system while there's still time. Best to all, and keep playing, Chris. >>> <[email protected]> 9/28/2009 10:59 AM >>> >> Is there anyone on the list with AP who would care to enlighten us >> muggles about what you hear? dunno about AP, or even PP; play a note to me, ask me what it was, my reply is guesswork. I also have no clue about intervals. I can sing the ones I want, just, dont ask me what they were, I hate to use my fingers for counting in public. But, once I have an inner memory of some performance of a piece, mine own or a recording, I can usually sing it from memory at the precise pitch it was played when I heard it. Basically, I am singing along with the inner voice track. Curious all this business, the mind is clearly engaged for all of this but in different ways for each of us. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute
