Media
Protest Songs of Arab Spring (2011)
Non-Hierarchical structure in music ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Ensemble (Most Democratic Workplace, 2007)
Where do you NOT typically hear music? What does a lack of music signify about these environments?
NICU Music Therapy: Amir Lehav - Neonatal Research Lab
Oliver Sacks: The role of music to aid patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) for aphasic patients (Harvey Alter, founder of The International Aphasia Movement)
Do flocks of starlings suggest the unique aspects of rhythmic energy to provide order and structure? Rhythmic Entrainment?
Expectancy implications and violations:
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3, Ist Mvt.(performed by Vestard Shimkus)
Musical fission: A musical line is perceived as two or more separate lines
1. Beethoven: "Pathetique" Piano Sonata,Op. 8, No. 13, 2nd Mvt. (performed by Daniel Barenboim)
2. Andy McKee: "Drifting"
Musical Fusion: Two or more musical lines appear to converge into one musical idea
1. Tchaikovsky: 6th Symphony, 4th Mvt. (1st and 2nd violins)
- Excerpt A is as written by Tchaikovsky. Excerpt B is as perceived by the listener.
Tchaikovsky: 6th Symphony, 4th Mvt.
Gestalt Psychology & The Law of Pragnanz
(Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major) Deceptive Cadence at 4:00
Zatorre: Subjective participant list of peak pleasure-inducing musical stimuli inducing dopamine release
http://www.zlab.mcgill.ca/home.html
Alan Merriam: Functions of Human Musicality
http://prezi.com/wmixezknptrf/merriams-functions-of-human-musicality/
Ice Age Flute? Modern flute makers attempt to reproduce an ancient flute from archaeological records of a 35,000 year-old artifact.
Bobby McFerrin at the World Science Festival 2009: Notes and Neurons
Oliver Sacks: The Music Instinct
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/musicinstinct/category/video/music-and-the-brain/
Gottfried Schlaug, Neuroimaging Lab (Tone Deaf test)
http://www.musicianbrain.com/#index
The Neuroscience of Music: Implications for Music Learning
http://prezi.com/xwpbfecm6hty/neuroscience-and-music-implications-for-music-learning/
Charles Limb (TED): Your Brain on Improv
NYTimes: "What Makes Music So Expressive?"
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/04/18/science/20110419-music-expression.html
Neuromusical Media - Student Presentations
Merriam Functions of Human Musicality - Student Presentations
"There's Something About B-flat!" (Robert Krulwich, from NPR's RadioLab)