Re: [asa] Music and Evolution

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:22:58 -0700
"Don Winterstein" <dfwinterstein@msn.com> wrote the following with the
subject heading Re: [asa] Music and Evolution:

>MessageIf we tune in to the creation around us, we can hear music
>everywhere. So-called "primitive" peoples imitate such sounds all the
>time.
>
>This is on the right track. Everyday human experience is full of
>rhythm.

Indeed it is. From our conception our lives are driven by the rhythm of
our mother´s hearbeat. When she is stressed or excited her heartbeat
accelerates - when she is relaxed the heartbeat is smooth and calm. Is
it any wonder we are such a slave to rhythm?
I have often felt that this is the ultimate source of our music. We
accelerate beats in music for dramatic or exciting affect and vice
versa.

9 months of not only exposure to the heartbeat but the chemical surges
that accompany different moods must have had a powerful affect on our
early mental/physical development. I am not saying of course that that
is the ONLY or the PRIMARY source. Just that it must have had a
powerful affect on us.

IW
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32)
Comment: Email me for public key

iD8DBQFFLYZh90Gf33Iu52URAnhkAJ9W7Lx6m6PmcTkihIO95jCh4eUa1wCg5ZmE
3/WnoyBcaT6PaDZq5dfFvFI=
=bffM
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@calvin.edu with
"unsubscribe asa" (no quotes) as the body of the message.
Received on Wed Oct 11 20:28:17 2006