[LAU] The Psychology of Music

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2013-02-21 at 05:56 -0500, jonetsu at teksavvy.com wrote:
> Le 20-02-2013 19:57, Ralf Mardorf a écrit :
> 
> > Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing bad with playing chess, but it’s
> > just a game and playing chess doesn’t give super cow powers.
> >  Being active does train our creativity, brains and muscles.
> > Questionable if boxing or playing chess, is the more active 
> > exertion.
> 
> There are internal and external energies.  Cultivating both is probably 
> the best.
> 
> >  There’s also nothing bad with inland water fishing. Also called a
> > sport, but a sport with being less active.
> 
> Holding stances for a long period of time is another form of training 
> for the body.  That's not the case with inland fishing, though. ;-)
> 
> >  The rule is: "You snooze, you lose." It’s not important what we
> > like to do, it’s important that we do something.
> 
> Cardiovascular and muscular training benefits also from internal energy 
> training.  The problem with the philosophy of 'doing something' is that 
> any internal energy training can be considering as doing nothing.  Then 
> there's no balance between internal and external.  It's all go-go-go on 
> the outside.
> 
> >  Listening to music A isn’t better, than listening to music B. Doing
> > X isn’t better than doing Y. Where do all this claims come from?
> 
> Robert Fripp, for one, did experiments with effects of sound on people. 
> Some frequencies will trigger body and mind responses.  At a certain 
> level, yes, the music that is listened-to can have an influence on the 
> person and then it matters.  At the taste level it's something else, but 
> at the physical level it can vry well be that certain frequencies and 
> certain rythms actually have an effect.
> 
> >  Some people playing chess are creative others aren’t, it has less to
> > do with playing chess.
> 
> Yes, same with music.  I still do not know how to qualify this.  I all 
> kinds of music as long as there's *something* in it.  I think that 
> something has to do with the creative spirit.  Or something.  I find 
> some music boring and other music not boring.
> 
> Some people also go by the masses.  If it's popular, then it's good.  
> Some people will not listen to music that is unknown, or too foreign.  
> In these cases, the mind, the psychology, plays a role in 'appreciation' 
> of music.  Although when the role is so heavy, I'm not sure if 
> 'appreciation' is the right word at all ;-)  'Furniture' could be more 
> suitable.  Some people have music as a furniture in their life ;-)

I agree with your reply. Btw. as we all know, sound and light can be
used as a weapon, but I won't call this sound music. It's said that deep
frequencies can cause hallucinations, I didn't verify this by serious
books or self-tests.

I guess in "Hannah and her Sisters" somebody wanted to buy a painting
that fit's to the sofa. IMO this is _averaged_ usage of art.

Regards,
Ralf