Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike), "(art) of the Muses."
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Does playing slower music in gyms reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections?
I read (mirror 1, mirror 2) that South Korean authorites have introduced some rules to enforce slower (in terms of BPM) music in gyms to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections:
Music with more than 120 beats per minute (bpm) is forbidden during…
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Are the songs on "Rote Lieder (Die Besten politischen Lieder aus der DDR)" from the German Democratic Republic?
Today, a friend sent me a link to the cheery song "Lied vom Volkspolizist" by Blascore on the compilation "Rote Lieder (Die Besten politischen Lieder aus der DDR)", but listening to the song lyrics ("Wir helfen den Menschen, ich bin mit dabei, ich…
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Is the Airtel music ad the most streamed song and most downloaded ringtone?
This image was forwarded to me on Whatsapp
The Airtel Music Ad composed by A R Rahman was the Most Streamed Song in the World in the Year 2005-2009. Also it is the Most Downloaded Ringtone in the World all time. Most Amazing Fact about this Airtel…
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Did The Beatles write "Norwegian Wood" after hearing Bob Dylan's "4th Time Around" as claimed by producer Al Kooper?
It's widely believed that the Bob Dylan song "4th Time Around" was inspired by "Norwegian Wood" by The Beatles. However, music producer Al Kooper claims that John Lennon heard live renditions of "4th Time Around," earlier. Is Kooper's claim…
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Do vinyl records account for 3.6% of global music sales?
Sony is restarting production of vinyl records after 30 years. That's pretty surprising. Even more surprising to me though is one of the reasons provided:
in 2016, a format nearly a century old generated 3.6 percent of total global revenues
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Is this chicken playing America the Beautiful on the keyboard?
This video from America's Got Talent purports to show a chicken playing the song America the Beautiful on a keyboard.
I am skeptical. For all I know, it could be hitting random keys, and a software could be playing the correct note each time a key…
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Did over 1000 people in Haiti report seeing Tupac a week after his death?
I stumbled upon this website http://thadrill.com/2013/03/1000-people-called-haiti-police-saying-they-saw-2pac-shukur/ that claimed over a 1000 people in Haiti reported to the police that they had seen Tupac.
I performed a quick Google search after,…
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Why was the tuning standard changed from 432 Hz to 440 Hz?
I have found this question hard to answer. A previous post on this forum worded, "Is 432HZ more "natural" or beneficial to human body than 440Hz?" What not satisfactorily answered, I think largely because the question was to vague. What is meant by…
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Has backmasking any significant effect as subliminal stimulus?
According to the Wikipedia article, some people (e.g. christian groups) have claimed that backmasking could be used to manipulate the listener:
Various fundamentalist Christian groups have declared that Satan—or Satan-influenced musicians—use…
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Does reggaeton generate greater brain activity than classical music?
A 2021 Exploring Your Mind article claims:
A group of neurosurgeons conducted a study that demonstrated intense brain activation when participants listened to reggaeton. In fact, it even surpassed classical music in this respect.
A recent study…
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Did Leopold Godowsky perform the entire 19th Century piano repertoire?
In 1897–98 the Polish-American pianist and composer Leopold Godowsky is reported to have performed the entire 19th century piano repertoire in a series of only 8 concerts. This is hardly imaginable or even possible.
Is this claim true? What pieces…
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Is dysharmonia a recognized medical condition?
In his book Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks discusses a case involving a woman named Rachel Y. who lost the ability to process harmony in a car accident. He then explains how this lead to simultanagnosia. He terms this loss of harmony "dysharmonia."
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Can the special sound frequency make addiction?
Supposedly, for certain music track are used any frequencies that the human ear can not hear , but the brain can. And this the frequencies create pleasant feelings, which is why more people choose a song. What do you think about it?
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Did Nirvana ever do a cover of "I Smell Sex And Candy"?
A Google Search turns up lots of results that suggest Nirvana did the song "I Smell Sex And Candy" but according to Wikipedia It was done by Marcy Playground and the article doesn't mention Nirvana. Did Nirvana do a cover of this song and if so…
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Was Kurt Cobain listening to R.E.M.'s Everybody Hurts when he killed himself?
Kumail Nanjiani on why he hates R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts”
The above article on the A.V. Club website makes the following claim:
This might not be true, but the legend is that this is the song that Kurt Cobain had cued up in his CD player when he…
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