Re: ATOM BIGGS: ROCK MUSIC

["Douglas H. Keefe" <keefe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You might take a look at what Plato wrote in  "The Republic" on the subject
of music and the effects of music.  Your questions need some refinement.

(In general though, I would avoid the key of E.)

--Doug Keefe

Dan Ellis wrote:

> Dear List -
>
> Do any of you know of actual research relevant to this question?
> Thanks.
>
>   DAn.
>
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> From: "ATOM BIGGS" <forbiggs@email.msn.com>
> To: <dpwe@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU>
> Subject: ROCK MUSIC
> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:03:51 -0700
>
> Dan Ellis:
>
> Dr. Al Bregman said you might be able to help me, or at least send out a
> post on your "auditory" e-mail list.  I'm involved in a discussion over
> the topic of "rock music".  It's being said that the syncopated beats of
> rock music create physiological desires for sex and violence which
> completely offsets any altruistic message that a rock song might
> contain.  Does this reasoning have any credence whatsoever?  My
> understanding is that, apart from the lyrics, music's effect on thoughts
> and moods vary greatly from person to person and culture to culture.
> What is your insight on this?  Do you know of any related research?
>
> atom biggs    forbiggs@mail.wsu.edu
>
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