Music Instinct , on pbs.org, is an interesting website of clips and articles from various specialists in music and science. The articles and discussions focus on understanding the human instinct for music, from a music therapy perspective, to the science and evolution of music.
Music and the Neanderthal's Communication can be found here.
Here is the discussion of music therapy for infants.
There are many other related topics on the site, from performances of music across cultures to bird songs.
This website really delves into the substance of music in the world around us. To me, understanding the "why" in music (and human nature in general) is as critical as the "how".
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I started to watch a few of these. I was very interested in the music therapy for infants. It was so interesting to see how they responded to such simple things as tempo.
ReplyDeleteSuch a good find!
This is a good site for finding information on the cognitive and emotional side to music.
ReplyDeleteBecky,
ReplyDeleteI think that this was a very interesting and useful website. I liked how the site provided videos with in-depth information about the topics that were being discussed. Like you stated, I think that it was interesting to learn about music and how it is related to human nature. In addition to the videos that you focused on, I thought that it was awesome to watch and listen to some of the video performances, as well as performances with discussions about the music. I thought this was great because the performances and discussions were done by excellent musicians, such as Yo Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin. Thank you for posting this site.