RE: [asa] Music and Evolution

IW wrote:
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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.
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Nice point. For those of you unaware of the history of funk music and
modern hip hop, George Clinton (Parliament) stated decades ago that funk
(modern hip hop is the replacement - the funk rhythms of the the 70's and
80's are the usual beats of hip hop) would become the driving culture of the
future because it was the one true rhythm of humanity. He based this upon
the human heart beat. He of course is correct. Name a country that has not
incorporated hip hop into their own musical cultures and languages.

Don

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Received on Wed Oct 11 23:52:49 2006