The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #58162   Message #921545
Posted By: toadfrog
29-Mar-03 - 11:49 PM
Thread Name: Neuro-physiology and music structures
Subject: RE: Neuro-physiology and music structures
I think there is a limit to the extent one can say reactions to music are cultural. I, for example, find I react favorable to Chinese, Japanese, or Indian folk music, but not to their classical music. I'm prepared to believe that I might appreciate Ragas or Koto music, if I was brought up on it and could understand it. But on the other hand, that does not explained why I don't like Brahms, or the Sons of the Pioneers, which I have heard from early childhood.