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Thread #148832   Message #3459520
Posted By: Mr Red
31-Dec-12 - 07:53 AM
Thread Name: the science of music - BBC prog
Subject: the science of music - BBC prog
did anyone see it?
Very interesting, a lot of it was familiar from the New Scientist - if you read it.
The connection of rhythm with locomotion was a revelation. Parkinson's is controllable with the right music.
I say revelation, but I guess I sort of knew it. Whenever I am at a festival and the Morris are playing I synchronise my gait as I pass. Some people notice. It is a visual joke, whimsey, well humour of sorts.

The reason we are attuned to music (the theory goes) is bonding. Put a tribe of 150 in close community and the best way to keep them from internecine rivalry is to do an apparently useless pursuit that requires communal co-operation. I submit - Singing and dancing. Watch a concert - how much movement is there? Why mosh pits?

Science Club listen again Dara O'Briain is a comedian and Astrophysics graduate.