MiNe 109 wrote:
In article
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Jenn wrote:
An interesting little piece
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/ar...ic/31thom.html
My undergrad piano teacher used to play one-note "name that tune" with
his faculty friends.
It's strange that, for example, hearing just the first note of the
Beethoven Violin Concerto allows the listener to identify it
exactly; that although there are millions of compositions,
there are no others that start with _exactly_ that sound.
Interesting that pop songs can be recalled so precisely. An
oddity of classical piano training is the contradictory pair of
expectations that the student in learning approach the musical
text as a blank slate while in performing conform to the tradition
of how the piece goes.
Something to muse about on the long flight to Las Vegas
for the CES, along with the fact that efficient telephone
communication relies on totally on the effectiveness of
people's auditory memories to replace the missing
audio information.
Happy New Year Stephen and Jenn. May it be filled
with music.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile